Enlightened was more than just the title of the HBO TV series Laura Dern starred in from 2011-2013. It’s also the state of being the actress and her future producing partner, Jayme Lemons, found themselves in after Dern served as an executive producer and Lemons a first-time producer on the comedy-drama.
“Once we had that experience on Enlightened, we both felt like we have all of these other passions, maybe it’s time we focus more on getting these projects done,” Dern tells The Hollywood Reporter in the conversation below.
Thus the creation of Jaywalker Pictures in 2017, Dern and Lemons’ production company whose projects span genres. From the 2020 documentary The Way I See It, about the life of former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza; and the Academy Award-winning short If Anything Happens I Love You, about two parents grieving their daughter who was killed in a school shooting,...
“Once we had that experience on Enlightened, we both felt like we have all of these other passions, maybe it’s time we focus more on getting these projects done,” Dern tells The Hollywood Reporter in the conversation below.
Thus the creation of Jaywalker Pictures in 2017, Dern and Lemons’ production company whose projects span genres. From the 2020 documentary The Way I See It, about the life of former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza; and the Academy Award-winning short If Anything Happens I Love You, about two parents grieving their daughter who was killed in a school shooting,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Rap Sh!t” Episode 6 does not mess around — narratively speaking.
The latest installment of Issa Rae’s HBO Max comedy about emerging female rappers in Miami covers Mia (KaMillion) being targeted on social media while Shawna (Aida Osman) distracts herself from a devastating breakup by hanging out with Maurice (Daniel Augustin). When the women reconvene at episode’s end, they decide to take on Chastity a.k.a. the Duke of Miami (Jonica Booth) as their manager, focusing their emotional energy into creativity.
“An undercurrent in the entire episode is ‘Can I trust you to be there for me?’ and that’s coming off of the episode before where we saw that that trust had been broken,” director Amy Aniobi told IndieWire via Zoom ahead of the episode. “Even though we end on on the moment that’s tied to a guy, the episode is not about the men. It is...
The latest installment of Issa Rae’s HBO Max comedy about emerging female rappers in Miami covers Mia (KaMillion) being targeted on social media while Shawna (Aida Osman) distracts herself from a devastating breakup by hanging out with Maurice (Daniel Augustin). When the women reconvene at episode’s end, they decide to take on Chastity a.k.a. the Duke of Miami (Jonica Booth) as their manager, focusing their emotional energy into creativity.
“An undercurrent in the entire episode is ‘Can I trust you to be there for me?’ and that’s coming off of the episode before where we saw that that trust had been broken,” director Amy Aniobi told IndieWire via Zoom ahead of the episode. “Even though we end on on the moment that’s tied to a guy, the episode is not about the men. It is...
- 8/19/2022
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
A happy-go-lucky dragon with a yellow head who talks with a magic flute. Diminutive sea monsters frolicking with a pair of young boys. A world where lifesize hats run things. And presidents in a bar, laughing it up with Saddam Hussein and Barbara Walters. These are the worlds which have been the mainstay of Sid and Marty Krofft for over 50 years, and for which they are being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb.13.
The Kroffts’ craft developed out of several decades of marionette work, including their hugely successful “Les Poupées de Paris,” the first “adults only” puppet show, featuring naked marionettes, which opened in 1962. Its success drew the attention of Six Flags, who brought the brothers onboard as creative heads to install shows at all of their amusement parks.
To produce the many costumes, puppets and props used at the Six Flags parks, the...
The Kroffts’ craft developed out of several decades of marionette work, including their hugely successful “Les Poupées de Paris,” the first “adults only” puppet show, featuring naked marionettes, which opened in 1962. Its success drew the attention of Six Flags, who brought the brothers onboard as creative heads to install shows at all of their amusement parks.
To produce the many costumes, puppets and props used at the Six Flags parks, the...
- 2/13/2020
- by Matt Hurwitz
- Variety Film + TV
When it comes to the Emmys, HBO is king. “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” have won Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series the last three times they were both eligible, and now these programs are front and center in the network’s 2019 Emmy Fyc mailer. The cube-shaped package includes DVDs so voters can watch all of HBO’s programming from the 2018-19 TV season, including seven dramas, eight comedies, four variety shows, three limited series, and so much more. Below we give you an insider’s sneak peek at which specific episodes are being watched by Emmy voters as we speak.
Last year HBO had one of their most successful Primetime Emmy ceremonies ever, with “GoT” winning Best Drama Series and Supporting Actor (Peter Dinklage), “Barry” earning trophies for Best Comedy Actor (Bill Hader) and Supporting Actor (Henry Winkler), “Westworld” taking home Best Drama Supporting Actress (Thandie Newton), and...
Last year HBO had one of their most successful Primetime Emmy ceremonies ever, with “GoT” winning Best Drama Series and Supporting Actor (Peter Dinklage), “Barry” earning trophies for Best Comedy Actor (Bill Hader) and Supporting Actor (Henry Winkler), “Westworld” taking home Best Drama Supporting Actress (Thandie Newton), and...
- 5/30/2019
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
HBO has ordered a new sketch comedy series from Robin Thede and Issa Rae, which will be the first to feature an almost exclusive cast of black women.
The half-hour series — “A Black Lady Sketch Show” — will feature narrative sketches performed by a core cast of black women, including Thede, as well as celebrity guests. Thede serves as creator, executive producer, writer and star, with Rae executive producing through her company, Issa Rae Productions.
The series is the first gig for Thede since her late-night series, “The Rundown With Robin Thede,” was canceled after one season by Bet. Thede is also developing a sitcom for ABC based on her childhood.
Also Read: Laura Dern and Issa Rae Team for HBO Limited Series 'The Dolls'
Lauren Ashley Smith, who was the show’s head writer, is coming to Thede’s new series in the same role, along with being co-executive producer.
The half-hour series — “A Black Lady Sketch Show” — will feature narrative sketches performed by a core cast of black women, including Thede, as well as celebrity guests. Thede serves as creator, executive producer, writer and star, with Rae executive producing through her company, Issa Rae Productions.
The series is the first gig for Thede since her late-night series, “The Rundown With Robin Thede,” was canceled after one season by Bet. Thede is also developing a sitcom for ABC based on her childhood.
Also Read: Laura Dern and Issa Rae Team for HBO Limited Series 'The Dolls'
Lauren Ashley Smith, who was the show’s head writer, is coming to Thede’s new series in the same role, along with being co-executive producer.
- 1/28/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
You can declare the start of the awards season whenever you like, but as the first splashy awards show of 2019, the 30th annual Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs International Film Festival seems like as good of place to start as any.
Host Mary Hart and Chairman of the Board of the Palm Springs International Film Society Harold Matzner revealed that of 64 honorees recognized at past galas, 57 of them have gone on receive Oscar nominations. This year’s honorees included Rami Malek, Regina King, Alfonso Cuarón, Bradley Cooper and more. And their speeches felt like a precursor to what promises to be a long and surprising awards race.
But the annual gala is a looser occasion than the Oscars ceremony, and on Thursday night we picked up a few things about what the next few months of awards shows has in store.
Also Read: Laura Dern and Issa Rae...
Host Mary Hart and Chairman of the Board of the Palm Springs International Film Society Harold Matzner revealed that of 64 honorees recognized at past galas, 57 of them have gone on receive Oscar nominations. This year’s honorees included Rami Malek, Regina King, Alfonso Cuarón, Bradley Cooper and more. And their speeches felt like a precursor to what promises to be a long and surprising awards race.
But the annual gala is a looser occasion than the Oscars ceremony, and on Thursday night we picked up a few things about what the next few months of awards shows has in store.
Also Read: Laura Dern and Issa Rae...
- 1/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“You finally made it, Frankie! Oscar night! And here you sit, on top of a glass mountain called success. You’re one of the chosen five, and the whole town’s holding its breath to see who won it! It’s been quite a climb, hasn’t it, Frankie? Down at the bottom, scuffling for dimes in those smokers, all the way to the top. Magic Hollywood!” This ripe narration opens the 1966 movie The Oscar, a cynical look at how an Oscar nomination goes to the head of its nominee and the lengths an unscrupulous man will go to win the coveted gold statuette. With an undeserved reputation as one of the lousiest Show-biz soap operas from the 60’s, The Oscar portrays Hollywood as a cesspool where you sell your soul and it’s certainly amusing for its campy dialog and sleazy situations. Sure, The Oscar is brainless tinseltown trash full of shameless clichés,...
- 12/9/2009
- by Tom
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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