Now that the end of her long-running talk show is officially in sight, Ellen DeGeneres is apparently feeling a bit nostalgic. More specifically, she’d like to rewind back to the simpler days of 2017, when she owned Rancho San Leandro, a magnificent Montecito hacienda right next door to Oprah Winfrey’s ever-expanding, 70-plus acre “Promised Land” estate. And now that the Louisiana native and Portia de Rossi have snipped their last residential tie to Los Angeles — their Tudor-style Beverly Hills home sold in April for exactly $45 million to a still-unidentified buyer, a few ticks above the $42.5 million they paid for the place in 2019 — the couple are refocusing their energy on gobbling up more Montecito real estate, including at least one property they’ve already previously owned and sold.
Astute property watchers will recall that back in September 2017, DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi paid $7.2 million for Rancho San Leandro. They gave...
Astute property watchers will recall that back in September 2017, DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi paid $7.2 million for Rancho San Leandro. They gave...
- 5/24/2021
- by James McClain, Dirt.com
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Eighth Grade filmmaker and stand-up comedian Bo Burnham is contributing songs for Warner Bros/MGM’s upcoming Sesame Street movie, which hits theaters on January 15, 2021.
In the movie, directed by Jonathan Krisel, Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends are mysteriously expelled from their neighborhood, finding themselves in Manhattan. They team up with a plucky history show host Sally Hawthorne who’s on a quest to save her show and prove that Sesame Street actually exists, with obstacles created by the “evil” mayor, with reasons of his own for keeping Sesame Street hidden from the world.
Anne Hathaway stars and Shawn Levy and Michael Aguilar are producing. Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady is also producing with Mark Gordon as Ep. Barry Schwartz wrote the most recent draft, with Chris Galletta and Mike Rosolio writing previous drafts.
Burnham’s feature directorial debut Eighth Grade made its world...
In the movie, directed by Jonathan Krisel, Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends are mysteriously expelled from their neighborhood, finding themselves in Manhattan. They team up with a plucky history show host Sally Hawthorne who’s on a quest to save her show and prove that Sesame Street actually exists, with obstacles created by the “evil” mayor, with reasons of his own for keeping Sesame Street hidden from the world.
Anne Hathaway stars and Shawn Levy and Michael Aguilar are producing. Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady is also producing with Mark Gordon as Ep. Barry Schwartz wrote the most recent draft, with Chris Galletta and Mike Rosolio writing previous drafts.
Burnham’s feature directorial debut Eighth Grade made its world...
- 6/10/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 10:05 Am: The owners of the National Enquirer now have a bigger problem than a pissed off and fighting back Jeff Bezos – the feds.
Just a day after the Amazon founder published a detailed overview of the attempts by the David Pecker run tabloid to halt his investigation into how private texts and photos got into the Enquirer’s hands and headlines, parent company American Media Inc is now facing a new probe by prosecutors
Officials at the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York have begun looking into the strong-arming allegations against Pecker and Ami that Bezos unveiled on Thursday, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
The actions of “extortion and blackmail” that the world’s richest man described yesterday may constitute a violation of a deal the feds made late last year. granting Ami freedom from criminal prosecution. That agreement was in...
Just a day after the Amazon founder published a detailed overview of the attempts by the David Pecker run tabloid to halt his investigation into how private texts and photos got into the Enquirer’s hands and headlines, parent company American Media Inc is now facing a new probe by prosecutors
Officials at the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York have begun looking into the strong-arming allegations against Pecker and Ami that Bezos unveiled on Thursday, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
The actions of “extortion and blackmail” that the world’s richest man described yesterday may constitute a violation of a deal the feds made late last year. granting Ami freedom from criminal prosecution. That agreement was in...
- 2/8/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Brenda Song has booked a regular role on the NBC comedy pilot Take It From Us, from Greg Malins and Barry Schwartz. Described as a love story told in flashbacks in 1990s New York, the multi-camera/hybrid project from Sony TV and Universal TV is about a couple who tell their son the lessons they learned growing up in the '90s in the hope that he and his fiancée can avoid making the same mistakes. Song will play Caitlin, who works in a bookstore/coffee bar. She grew up all…...
- 4/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Newcomer Chris Douglass (Hollidaysburg) has been cast as the male lead opposite Stacy Farber in NBC comedy pilot Take It From Us, from Greg Malins, Barry Schwartz and Sony TV. The multi-camera/hybrid project, described as a love story told in flashbacks in 1990s New York, is about a couple who tell their son the lessons they learned growing up in the '90s in the hope that he and his fiancée can avoid making the same mistakes. Douglass, repped by ICM Partners and Authentic…...
- 3/23/2015
- Deadline TV
Stacey Farber, best known for her role on the hit Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation, has been cast as the female lead in the NBC comedy pilot Take It From Us, from Greg Malins, Barry Schwartz and Sony TV. The multi-camera/hybrid project, described as a love story told in flashbacks in 1990s New York, is about a couple, Alyson and Lucas, who tells their son the lessons they learned growing up in the '90s in hopes he and his fiancée can avoid making the same…...
- 2/20/2015
- Deadline TV
Project revolves around rising attorney whose perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret
NBC and “CSI” executive producer Carol Mendelsohn are going into business with each other for the drama pilot “Game of Silence.”
The pilot, which Mendelsohn (pictured) is executive producing, is about a rising attorney on the brink of success who risks losing his perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past.
Also Read: NBC Orders 2 Comedy Pilots From ‘Friends,’ ‘Wedding Ringer’ Producers
David Hudgins (“Parenthood,” “Friday Night Lights”) is writing the pilot,...
NBC and “CSI” executive producer Carol Mendelsohn are going into business with each other for the drama pilot “Game of Silence.”
The pilot, which Mendelsohn (pictured) is executive producing, is about a rising attorney on the brink of success who risks losing his perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past.
Also Read: NBC Orders 2 Comedy Pilots From ‘Friends,’ ‘Wedding Ringer’ Producers
David Hudgins (“Parenthood,” “Friday Night Lights”) is writing the pilot,...
- 1/22/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The projects follow a couple telling their son about being raised in the 90s, and the another that ventures into taboo subjects
NBC has ordered two pilots from Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television with producers from “How I Met Your Mother” and film “The Wedding Ringer.”
From Universal and Will Packer Productions, executive producer/writer DJ Nash (“‘Til Death”) and executive producer Packer (“The Wedding Ringer,” “Ride Along”), comes “People are Talking.” The comedy examines sex, race and everything else parents told youth to never talk about.
See photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2014
And from Sony Pictures Television and 3 Arts,...
NBC has ordered two pilots from Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television with producers from “How I Met Your Mother” and film “The Wedding Ringer.”
From Universal and Will Packer Productions, executive producer/writer DJ Nash (“‘Til Death”) and executive producer Packer (“The Wedding Ringer,” “Ride Along”), comes “People are Talking.” The comedy examines sex, race and everything else parents told youth to never talk about.
See photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2014
And from Sony Pictures Television and 3 Arts,...
- 1/20/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
Millennium Films has acquired remake rights to the critically acclaimed Israeli box office hit “Hunting Elephants,” TheWrap has learned. Original producer Ehud Bleiberg (“The Iceman”) will produce through his Bleiberg Entertainment banner along with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman of Campbell Grobman Films. Original filmmaker Reshef Levi will return to direct from a script he's co-writing with Barry Schwartz. Millennium's Avi Lerner will executive produce with Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson. Also read: ‘Expendables’ Producer Avi Lerner On Lining Up an Action Movie Dream Team Released in 2013, the original “Hunting Elephants” is a comedy that follows Jonathan, a...
- 5/6/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
With Mad Men beginning its final season in April, AMC has revealed the first glimpse of its future programming beyond spinoffs of Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. The station has begun development on a number of series, ranging from scripted dramas and comedies to an unscripted "Untitled Billy Corgan Wrestling Project," according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to the Smashing Pumpkins singer (possibly) smashing heads, AMC's selection includes notable shows featuring the work of Seth Rogen, Kevin Smith and X-Files creator Chris Carter.
The 20 Best TV Moments of 2013
Rogen,...
The 20 Best TV Moments of 2013
Rogen,...
- 3/27/2014
- Rollingstone.com
An ensemble single-camera comedy pitch by up-and-coming writer Barry Schwartz, Sony TV and studio-based producers Greg Malins and Seth Gordon has sold to Fox. Written by Schwartz with Malins supervising/showrunning, The Worst Best Thing is described as an edgy, docu-style comedy about three couples — two with new babies and one who’s expecting — who have known each other since grade school and are very angry at all the people who lied to them about how “wonderful and beautiful” having babies is. It is almost never those things. But the few amazing moments that are make up for almost all of it. Malins is executive producing with Gordon through his Exhibit A where the project was shepherded by head of development Mary Rohlich. This marks Wme-repped Malins’ second sale this season, along with comedy Half at NBC. Gordon, repped by Wme, Brillstein Entertainment and Sloane, Offer, recently sold Marry Me...
- 9/10/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Known primarily for its hourlong series, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire has sold a half-hour comedy pitch to Fox. The single-camera comedy about three childhood friends who are all now fathers with teenage sons will be written by Barry Schwartz, who will co-executive produce. Fake Empire’s Schwartz, Savage and Len Goldstein will executive produce for Warner Bros TV. Fake Empire has three series on the air this season: NBC’s dramedy Chuck and the CW dramas Gossip Girl and Hart of Dixie. On the feature side, Barry Schwartz, repped by Wme and the Gotham Group, sold Bromance to Montecito and DreamWorks and Parents Weekend to Kopelson Entertainment. Writer-director Nancy Hower and her writing/producing partner, actor John Lehr, have sold a half-hour comedy pitch to NBC. Titled Retreat, the project is set at a corporate retreat. The sale was made based on a demo Hower and Lehr shot,...
- 9/30/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
One of Google Plus's most unique features, Circles, initially attracted users to the service and set it apart from competitors. But it may also be one of the network's biggest turnoffs--only a few weeks in, and Circles fatigue is taking hold.
We're only weeks into the launch of social network Google+, and the search giant's answer to Facebook is adding some big numbers to its userbase. After spreading invitations to a select few to goose demand, letting the network spread virally, and then shutting down the invite mechanism due to "insane demand" (before reopening it shortly later), Google Plus has already shot past 10 million users. "There was a lot of buzz created around it being exclusive, but it really wasn't that exclusive," says George Gallate, global chairman of digital ad agency Euro Rscg 4D, complimenting Google's rollout of Google Plus. "Their marketing was very clever."
Yet even after overcoming the...
We're only weeks into the launch of social network Google+, and the search giant's answer to Facebook is adding some big numbers to its userbase. After spreading invitations to a select few to goose demand, letting the network spread virally, and then shutting down the invite mechanism due to "insane demand" (before reopening it shortly later), Google Plus has already shot past 10 million users. "There was a lot of buzz created around it being exclusive, but it really wasn't that exclusive," says George Gallate, global chairman of digital ad agency Euro Rscg 4D, complimenting Google's rollout of Google Plus. "Their marketing was very clever."
Yet even after overcoming the...
- 7/21/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, once said that if he had access to a better understanding of psychology, "I could forecast the economy better than anyone I know." In other words, behind all fancy financial models lies an assumption about how people behave. Humans are not walking calculators, we're often impulsive, lazy, biased, and terrible at math. As such, The New York Times paywall Hail Mary must make it through some key psychological barriers: a territorial grip on once-promised free information, our lazy preference to avoid tough decisions, and flawed memories of how much we actually use a product. The situation isn't entirely bleak: our avoidance of "rejection" decisions may favor the paywall and an elitist class with expendable income might be drawn to the new exclusive site. Whichever way it plays out, here are the psychological factors at work.
Paywall Basics
On March 28th, The New...
Paywall Basics
On March 28th, The New...
- 3/18/2011
- by Gregory Ferenstein
- Fast Company
Barry Schwartz: The 25-year Swarthmore professor says Ted is more alive and engaging than a college campus. | Courtesy of Ted
Robotics, pianos, brains -- these are the lectures TEDsters love most. Which ones have you seen? And which have yet to touch you?
1) Jill Bolte TaylorMy Stroke of Insight2008When the neuroscientist picks up a human brain with a spinal cord attached, the audience gasps. When she's done talking about her stroke, they're crying. Watch the Video >> 6) Dan PinkSurprising Science of Motivation2009The science proves that intrinsic motivation works better than extrinsic rewards, but your boss doesn't understand. Pink explains how to tell her. Watch the Video >> 2) Patti Maes and Pranav MistrySixth Sense Demo2009The MIT Media Lab researchers debut a spooky Minority Report -- style wearable interface. Watch the Video >> 7) Hans RoslingThe Best Stats You've Ever Seen2006The Swedish professor dances through a spectacular animation of world development.
Robotics, pianos, brains -- these are the lectures TEDsters love most. Which ones have you seen? And which have yet to touch you?
1) Jill Bolte TaylorMy Stroke of Insight2008When the neuroscientist picks up a human brain with a spinal cord attached, the audience gasps. When she's done talking about her stroke, they're crying. Watch the Video >> 6) Dan PinkSurprising Science of Motivation2009The science proves that intrinsic motivation works better than extrinsic rewards, but your boss doesn't understand. Pink explains how to tell her. Watch the Video >> 2) Patti Maes and Pranav MistrySixth Sense Demo2009The MIT Media Lab researchers debut a spooky Minority Report -- style wearable interface. Watch the Video >> 7) Hans RoslingThe Best Stats You've Ever Seen2006The Swedish professor dances through a spectacular animation of world development.
- 9/7/2010
- by Fast Company Staff
- Fast Company
Photograph Courtesy of Ted, by Marla Aufmuth, James Duncan Davidson, Andrew Heavens, Robert Leslie, Asa Mathat
Chris Anderson: The entrepreneur bought Ted in 2001. "It felt like something you could devote your life to," he says. | Photograph Courtesy of Ted
Inside the World's Most Exclusive (and Most Accessible) Club with Special Guests including
Elizabeth Gilbert • Richard Branson • Jamie Oliver • Malcolm Gladwell • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala • Barry Schwartz • Ken Robinson • Sarah Silverman • Bill Clinton • David Byrne • Bill Gates • Craig VenterJill • Bolte Taylor • Dave Eggers • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy • Sunitha Krishnan • Tony Robbins • Julia Sweeney • Isabel Allende • E.O. Wilson • and the chief himself, Chris Anderson!
The other day, I got an email from a new friend. The subject line read "Are you a Ted talk person?" It linked to an 18-minute video of MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely talking about the bugs in our moral codes. Other friends have sent me videos of Eat, Pray, Love...
Chris Anderson: The entrepreneur bought Ted in 2001. "It felt like something you could devote your life to," he says. | Photograph Courtesy of Ted
Inside the World's Most Exclusive (and Most Accessible) Club with Special Guests including
Elizabeth Gilbert • Richard Branson • Jamie Oliver • Malcolm Gladwell • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala • Barry Schwartz • Ken Robinson • Sarah Silverman • Bill Clinton • David Byrne • Bill Gates • Craig VenterJill • Bolte Taylor • Dave Eggers • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy • Sunitha Krishnan • Tony Robbins • Julia Sweeney • Isabel Allende • E.O. Wilson • and the chief himself, Chris Anderson!
The other day, I got an email from a new friend. The subject line read "Are you a Ted talk person?" It linked to an 18-minute video of MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely talking about the bugs in our moral codes. Other friends have sent me videos of Eat, Pray, Love...
- 8/23/2010
- by Anya Kamenetz
- Fast Company
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.