The World Health Organization (Who) has warned about the increased risk of bird flu transmitting to humans as the virus expands its reach into new species.
Since 2020, an outbreak of the H5N1 strain has resulted in the deaths of millions of birds worldwide. Alarmingly, the virus has also claimed the lives of numerous mammals, such as sea lions, elephant seals and a polar bear.
In addition to the growing concern, the virus has surfaced in 16 herds of cattle in Texas and left experts baffled, as it was previously believed that these animals were not susceptible to infection. This development raises apprehension about the potential for H5N1 to leap into the human population.
Dr. Jeremy Farrar, the Who chief scientist, expressed deep concern at a press conference in Geneva, stating, “This remains, I think, an enormous concern. When you enter the mammalian population, you’re getting closer to humans...
Since 2020, an outbreak of the H5N1 strain has resulted in the deaths of millions of birds worldwide. Alarmingly, the virus has also claimed the lives of numerous mammals, such as sea lions, elephant seals and a polar bear.
In addition to the growing concern, the virus has surfaced in 16 herds of cattle in Texas and left experts baffled, as it was previously believed that these animals were not susceptible to infection. This development raises apprehension about the potential for H5N1 to leap into the human population.
Dr. Jeremy Farrar, the Who chief scientist, expressed deep concern at a press conference in Geneva, stating, “This remains, I think, an enormous concern. When you enter the mammalian population, you’re getting closer to humans...
- 4/27/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
This post contains spoilers for "A Quiet Place."
The world in "A Quiet Place" is a post-apocalyptic one, teeming with extraterrestrial monsters who hunt indiscriminately when they hear the faintest sound. Silence means survival in such a world, which offers no luxury to communicate, laugh, or even scream out loud, as these monsters are ravenous and hostile without exception. A chunk of "A Quiet Place" explores what it means to live under such conditions, where a family becomes our focal point as they navigate the horrors, their personal lives perpetually in danger with the monsters encroaching on their personal space. Although these anxieties are embedded in the moments of silence that precede danger, the creature designs in "A Quiet Place" also do a lot of heavy lifting to convey the dread of dealing with an unknown group of hostiles.
Scott Farrar, the VFX supervisor of the film, explained that the...
The world in "A Quiet Place" is a post-apocalyptic one, teeming with extraterrestrial monsters who hunt indiscriminately when they hear the faintest sound. Silence means survival in such a world, which offers no luxury to communicate, laugh, or even scream out loud, as these monsters are ravenous and hostile without exception. A chunk of "A Quiet Place" explores what it means to live under such conditions, where a family becomes our focal point as they navigate the horrors, their personal lives perpetually in danger with the monsters encroaching on their personal space. Although these anxieties are embedded in the moments of silence that precede danger, the creature designs in "A Quiet Place" also do a lot of heavy lifting to convey the dread of dealing with an unknown group of hostiles.
Scott Farrar, the VFX supervisor of the film, explained that the...
- 3/24/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Welcome to Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. In between meetings and cocktail parties, you’re sure to hear whispers about the next potential global hit and The Hot Ones is here to guide you. Here’s three top docs headed for the Croisette.
The Playboy Bunny Murders
Distributor: Blue Ant International
Length: 2×60’
Producers: Soho Studios, Future Studios
The Playboy Bunny Murders is a story so pressing that its presenter Marcel Theroux was “going to do it whether there was a TV commission or not,” says executive producer John Farrar of the Itvx two-parter.
Theroux, older brother of recent MacTaggart lecture giver Louis Theroux,...
The Playboy Bunny Murders
Distributor: Blue Ant International
Length: 2×60’
Producers: Soho Studios, Future Studios
The Playboy Bunny Murders is a story so pressing that its presenter Marcel Theroux was “going to do it whether there was a TV commission or not,” says executive producer John Farrar of the Itvx two-parter.
Theroux, older brother of recent MacTaggart lecture giver Louis Theroux,...
- 10/12/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Head of programming’s shoes to be filled by former Netflix exec Kai Finke.
Former Netflix buyer Kai Finke has landed a senior role at burgeoning European streamer SkyShowtime, with programming chief Jon Farrar set to depart.
Finke, who left Netflix earlier this year, has been appointed chief content officer at the Comcast-Paramount joint venture SVoD platform.
He takes up the role after Farrar, who was appointed head of programming last year, decided to leave following a transition over the coming months.
Finke will oversee the nascent streamer’s content operations as it begins to branch out into original programming,...
Former Netflix buyer Kai Finke has landed a senior role at burgeoning European streamer SkyShowtime, with programming chief Jon Farrar set to depart.
Finke, who left Netflix earlier this year, has been appointed chief content officer at the Comcast-Paramount joint venture SVoD platform.
He takes up the role after Farrar, who was appointed head of programming last year, decided to leave following a transition over the coming months.
Finke will oversee the nascent streamer’s content operations as it begins to branch out into original programming,...
- 9/11/2023
- by John Elmes Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Exceptional Minds, the California-based non-profit training academy that works to bring young adults on the autism spectrum into digital arts roles, has promoted internal leaders Mike Schmueck and Steff Farrar to helm their in-house studios.
Schmueck and Farrar were promoted to director of studio programs in VFX and animation, respectively. Together, they will manage the graduate artists of Exceptional Minds who provide production and post-production services.
“With their extensive experience and knowledge, Mike and Steff bring invaluable expertise to their respective fields,” said Exceptional Minds CEO David Siegel in a statement. “In the face of ongoing strikes and industry challenges, their leadership will play a vital role in ensuring the production of excellent work for our clients while guiding us through these uncertain times. Their vision perfectly aligns with our mission of preparing a talented and diverse workforce for employment opportunities throughout the entertainment industry and beyond.”
In the last year,...
Schmueck and Farrar were promoted to director of studio programs in VFX and animation, respectively. Together, they will manage the graduate artists of Exceptional Minds who provide production and post-production services.
“With their extensive experience and knowledge, Mike and Steff bring invaluable expertise to their respective fields,” said Exceptional Minds CEO David Siegel in a statement. “In the face of ongoing strikes and industry challenges, their leadership will play a vital role in ensuring the production of excellent work for our clients while guiding us through these uncertain times. Their vision perfectly aligns with our mission of preparing a talented and diverse workforce for employment opportunities throughout the entertainment industry and beyond.”
In the last year,...
- 7/26/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
The 2023 Wimbledon Championships will be more interesting than ever, and that's also because of AI.
The All England Club is known for keeping its traditions, and not announcing changes often . This year, however, the tournament courts the 21st century in an unprecedented way, with an unexpected player joining the illustrious courts - Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Wimbledon, globally recognized as a tournament valuing tradition, now looks forward to the future, breaking away from its historical roots. The All England Club has confirmed that AI will feature in the highlights packages for the upcoming event. Describing this innovative move as "the first step", Wimbledon signals its inclination to embrace AI for live match commentary in the days to come.
The decision has caught the eye of many, given the ongoing debate surrounding the potential societal impact and possible misuse of AI technologies, such as ChatGPT. However, Wimbledon's fresh venture into AI isn't...
The All England Club is known for keeping its traditions, and not announcing changes often . This year, however, the tournament courts the 21st century in an unprecedented way, with an unexpected player joining the illustrious courts - Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Wimbledon, globally recognized as a tournament valuing tradition, now looks forward to the future, breaking away from its historical roots. The All England Club has confirmed that AI will feature in the highlights packages for the upcoming event. Describing this innovative move as "the first step", Wimbledon signals its inclination to embrace AI for live match commentary in the days to come.
The decision has caught the eye of many, given the ongoing debate surrounding the potential societal impact and possible misuse of AI technologies, such as ChatGPT. However, Wimbledon's fresh venture into AI isn't...
- 6/21/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
When John Farrar turned up to a movie set at dawn clutching a demo of his hastily written “emergency song”, he didn’t have high hopes. The call had only come in the previous day, crying out for a last-minute number to plug a hole in the musical score for when the greaser with heart gets the good girl turned bad. Farrar hadn’t exactly been inspired in scratching it together – “desperate is probably the word”, he says. The director took one listen and hated it, but the last-day-of-school shot was already set up and they were all out of options. A choreographer threw together a dance routine on the spot. The scene went in the can inside seven hours, and so wrapped this hokey teen musical presumably bound for oblivion.
Or not. The movie was the 1978 musical smash Grease. The track, “You’re the One That I Want”. A...
Or not. The movie was the 1978 musical smash Grease. The track, “You’re the One That I Want”. A...
- 4/13/2023
- by Mark Beaumont
- The Independent - Film
When John Farrar turned up to a movie set at dawn clutching a demo of his hastily written “emergency song”, he didn’t have high hopes. The call had only come in the previous day, crying out for a last-minute number to plug a hole in the musical score for when the greaser with heart gets the good girl turned bad. Farrar hadn’t exactly been inspired in scratching it together – “desperate is probably the word”, he says. The director took one listen and hated it, but the last-day-of-school shot was already set up and they were all out of options. A choreographer threw together a dance routine on the spot. The scene went in the can inside seven hours, and so wrapped this hokey teen musical presumably bound for oblivion.
Or not. The movie was the 1978 musical smash Grease. The track, “You’re the One That I Want”. A...
Or not. The movie was the 1978 musical smash Grease. The track, “You’re the One That I Want”. A...
- 4/13/2023
- by Mark Beaumont
- The Independent - Music
This very traditional chamber murder mystery starring David Farrar and Geraldine Fitzgerald has been beautifully restored by Studiocanal and bears the original U.K. title The Late Edwina Black. When the sickly wife Edwina dies in bed the bitter housekeeper accuses the husband and another very attractive servant; all the Scotland Yard Inspector need do is stir the pot, and paranoid suspicions take over. Is Edwina’s spirit still present in the house? The housekeeper thinks she communicates through a wind chime by the window . . .
Obsessed
Blu-ray
ClassicFlix
1951 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 78 min. / Street Date February 28, 2023 / The Late Edwina Black / Available from / 29.99
Starring: David Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Roland Culver, Jean Cadell, Mary Merrall, Harcourt Williams, Charles Heslop, Ronald Adam.
Cinematography: Stephen Dade
Art Direction: George Provis
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Haffenden
Film Editor: Douglas Myers
Original Music: Allan Gray
Screenplay by Charles Frank, David Evans from the play by William Dinner, William Morum...
Obsessed
Blu-ray
ClassicFlix
1951 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 78 min. / Street Date February 28, 2023 / The Late Edwina Black / Available from / 29.99
Starring: David Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Roland Culver, Jean Cadell, Mary Merrall, Harcourt Williams, Charles Heslop, Ronald Adam.
Cinematography: Stephen Dade
Art Direction: George Provis
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Haffenden
Film Editor: Douglas Myers
Original Music: Allan Gray
Screenplay by Charles Frank, David Evans from the play by William Dinner, William Morum...
- 3/7/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Washington, March 7 (Ians) A February 2020 science paper that debunked the Covid lab leak theory was commissioned by former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, according to the US House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The Select Subcommittee said that new email evidence shows that Dr. Fauci ordered, helped to edit, and gave final approval to a paper titled “The Proximal Origin of Sars-CoV-2,” published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The paper “disproved” that Covid originated from China’s infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology (Wiv). Instead it showed that coronavirus had “mutations” that were “totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human”.
The authors of the scientific paper “skewed available evidence to achieve that goal”, the Select Subcommittee said.
Two months later, in April, Fauci quoted the same paper to wave off concerns that the virus might have come from a Chinese facility.
The Select Subcommittee said that new email evidence shows that Dr. Fauci ordered, helped to edit, and gave final approval to a paper titled “The Proximal Origin of Sars-CoV-2,” published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The paper “disproved” that Covid originated from China’s infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology (Wiv). Instead it showed that coronavirus had “mutations” that were “totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human”.
The authors of the scientific paper “skewed available evidence to achieve that goal”, the Select Subcommittee said.
Two months later, in April, Fauci quoted the same paper to wave off concerns that the virus might have come from a Chinese facility.
- 3/7/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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SkyShowtime, the European streaming joint venture of Comcast and Paramount Global, has named Jon Farrar, who has served in key roles at BBC commercial arm BBC Studios, head of programming.
Farrar led the direct-to-consumer programming strategy at the company as global VOD director and editor in chief of North American SVOD service BBC Select.
Paramount and Comcast had in August struck a deal to launch a new subscription video-on-demand service in more than 20 European territories, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland this year. The territories encompass 90 million homes.
In January, the partners named Monty Sarhan the CEO of the joint streaming business. The executive, who had joined Comcast Cable in late 2019 as senior vp content acquisition after working at Epix, also has experience at Viacom, which merged with CBS in late 2019, with the combined company...
SkyShowtime, the European streaming joint venture of Comcast and Paramount Global, has named Jon Farrar, who has served in key roles at BBC commercial arm BBC Studios, head of programming.
Farrar led the direct-to-consumer programming strategy at the company as global VOD director and editor in chief of North American SVOD service BBC Select.
Paramount and Comcast had in August struck a deal to launch a new subscription video-on-demand service in more than 20 European territories, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland this year. The territories encompass 90 million homes.
In January, the partners named Monty Sarhan the CEO of the joint streaming business. The executive, who had joined Comcast Cable in late 2019 as senior vp content acquisition after working at Epix, also has experience at Viacom, which merged with CBS in late 2019, with the combined company...
- 6/13/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SkyShowtime — the joint venture between Comcast and Paramount Global — has unveiled key hires for the European streaming service, including its head of programming.
BBC Select executive Jon Farrar has been named head of programming, Variety can reveal. The executive joins from BBC Studios, where he led the direct-to-consumer programming strategy in his dual role as global VOD director and editor-in-chief of North American SVOD service BBC Select.
Farrar was also part of the team that developed BritBox, the streaming joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV.
Reporting into SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan, Farrar will be responsible for programming strategy, overseeing the platform’s pipeline of studio content, and building a programming team across SkyShowtime’s 20 markets to develop original and local content. Farrar will also lead the acquisitions, scheduling and editorial, as well as content operations functions.
First unveiled in August 2021, SkyShowtime is intended to sit in the European markets...
BBC Select executive Jon Farrar has been named head of programming, Variety can reveal. The executive joins from BBC Studios, where he led the direct-to-consumer programming strategy in his dual role as global VOD director and editor-in-chief of North American SVOD service BBC Select.
Farrar was also part of the team that developed BritBox, the streaming joint venture between BBC Studios and ITV.
Reporting into SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan, Farrar will be responsible for programming strategy, overseeing the platform’s pipeline of studio content, and building a programming team across SkyShowtime’s 20 markets to develop original and local content. Farrar will also lead the acquisitions, scheduling and editorial, as well as content operations functions.
First unveiled in August 2021, SkyShowtime is intended to sit in the European markets...
- 6/13/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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