Realm, an independent studio and global podcast network that has dominated the fiction category, today announced a partnership with Ziff Davis’ IGN, a leading entertainment and gaming platform.
The multi-year deal reflects the growing fandom in the gaming and genre ecosystem and provides both companies with significant strategic growth opportunities in ad sales and audience engagement. As part of this new, expansive alliance, the two companies will collaborate on the development, production, distribution, and monetization of podcast titles based on major video game IP starting with High On Life, the breakout hit from Squanch Games.
In addition to High on Life and original storytelling co-branded by the two companies, Realm will represent over 2,500 hours of content in IGN’s popular existing slate including unscripted podcasts, “Nintendo Voice Chat,” “Unlocked,” “Beyond” and “Game Scoop.” The partnership will also establish a unique co-selling collaboration between the two companies’ sales teams to provide...
The multi-year deal reflects the growing fandom in the gaming and genre ecosystem and provides both companies with significant strategic growth opportunities in ad sales and audience engagement. As part of this new, expansive alliance, the two companies will collaborate on the development, production, distribution, and monetization of podcast titles based on major video game IP starting with High On Life, the breakout hit from Squanch Games.
In addition to High on Life and original storytelling co-branded by the two companies, Realm will represent over 2,500 hours of content in IGN’s popular existing slate including unscripted podcasts, “Nintendo Voice Chat,” “Unlocked,” “Beyond” and “Game Scoop.” The partnership will also establish a unique co-selling collaboration between the two companies’ sales teams to provide...
- 11/28/2023
- Podnews.net
Realm, the world’s largest scripted podcast network with over 140 shows and 3500 hours of audio entertainment, today announced a new podcast hosted and narrated by award-winning comedian and voice talent Alison Larkin.
Each season of The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin will feature an Austen novel, beginning with the seminal Pride & Prejudice. Through reflections, commentary, and her own personal stories, Larkin showcases both her talent as a charming vocal performer and strength as a writer-comedian in every episode. The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin also features chats with actors, writers, and other interesting people who have one thing in common: a passionate love for Jane Austen. Everyone from die-hard fans to first-time listeners will find something delightful – and relatable – at every turn.
Larkin said: “I love bringing the classics to a modern audience in fun, new ways. So, when Realm approached me about hosting and co-creating a...
Each season of The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin will feature an Austen novel, beginning with the seminal Pride & Prejudice. Through reflections, commentary, and her own personal stories, Larkin showcases both her talent as a charming vocal performer and strength as a writer-comedian in every episode. The Jane Austen Podcast with Alison Larkin also features chats with actors, writers, and other interesting people who have one thing in common: a passionate love for Jane Austen. Everyone from die-hard fans to first-time listeners will find something delightful – and relatable – at every turn.
Larkin said: “I love bringing the classics to a modern audience in fun, new ways. So, when Realm approached me about hosting and co-creating a...
- 5/23/2023
- Podnews.net
Realm, the largest scripted podcast network, today announced the upcoming release of America 2.0, a scripted audio drama starring Patrick J Adams (“Suits”) as an idealistic first term congressman, launching May 2.
Entangled in his first ever controversy, Seth McGuire (Adams) finds himself ill-equipped to navigate D.C.’s treachery. His only hope comes from a big idea to give every American citizen one million dollars.
Inspired by the optimistic storytelling in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The West Wing, co-creators J S Mayank and David Carlyle wanted to put out a message of hope. “Politics is supposed to be aspirational, and yet it’s become anything but. Our cast and crew wanted to bring back high-minded, civil discourse—all while making politics entertaining again,” said Mayank.
In addition to Adams, the podcast features an extensive cast of Hollywood stars, including Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated actor Laurence Fishburne, Shanola Hampton...
Entangled in his first ever controversy, Seth McGuire (Adams) finds himself ill-equipped to navigate D.C.’s treachery. His only hope comes from a big idea to give every American citizen one million dollars.
Inspired by the optimistic storytelling in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The West Wing, co-creators J S Mayank and David Carlyle wanted to put out a message of hope. “Politics is supposed to be aspirational, and yet it’s become anything but. Our cast and crew wanted to bring back high-minded, civil discourse—all while making politics entertaining again,” said Mayank.
In addition to Adams, the podcast features an extensive cast of Hollywood stars, including Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated actor Laurence Fishburne, Shanola Hampton...
- 5/2/2023
- Podnews.net
Realm, the largest scripted podcast network with 3,500+ hours of audio entertainment and eight #1 shows including the critically acclaimed and Webby award-winning If I Go Missing The Witches Did It (starring Gabourey Sidibe) and Ambie-nominated shows Outliers (starring Rory Culkin), Orphan Black: The Next Chapter and Power Trip (both starring Tatiana Maslany), today announced new partnerships to distribute podcasts, scaling the network to over 120 shows in less than a year.
Molly Barton, Realm Co-Founder & CEO said, “With legendary creative talent and IP holders entering the space and the fastest growing audience in podcasting, the scripted category is one of the most exciting and innovative in the industry, and this is just the beginning. Realm is propelling exponential audience growth and simplifying discovery for listeners by bringing together amazing shows and creators as the hub for storytelling across fiction and all story-rich categories.”
In addition to producing their own Originals, Realm has...
Molly Barton, Realm Co-Founder & CEO said, “With legendary creative talent and IP holders entering the space and the fastest growing audience in podcasting, the scripted category is one of the most exciting and innovative in the industry, and this is just the beginning. Realm is propelling exponential audience growth and simplifying discovery for listeners by bringing together amazing shows and creators as the hub for storytelling across fiction and all story-rich categories.”
In addition to producing their own Originals, Realm has...
- 3/17/2023
- Podnews.net
John Paragon, best known for his role as Jambi the Genie on the television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has died. He was 66.
Paragon died in his residence in Palm Springs, Calif. on April 3, according to a press release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. A representative for the Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Variety that Paragon’s cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcohol abuse.
Born in Anchorage, Alaska on Dec. 9, 1954, Paragon got his start in show business as part of the L.A.-based improv group The Groundlings, where he worked alongside comics Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. In 1986, Paragon reunited with Reubens on his Saturday morning children’s show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” in which Paragon portrayed the teal-faced Jambi the Genie and provided the voice for Pterri. In addition to his role on the series, Paragon also wrote 24 regular season episodes and co-wrote its 1988 Christmas special with Reubens,...
Paragon died in his residence in Palm Springs, Calif. on April 3, according to a press release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. A representative for the Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Variety that Paragon’s cause of death was heart disease and chronic alcohol abuse.
Born in Anchorage, Alaska on Dec. 9, 1954, Paragon got his start in show business as part of the L.A.-based improv group The Groundlings, where he worked alongside comics Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. In 1986, Paragon reunited with Reubens on his Saturday morning children’s show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” in which Paragon portrayed the teal-faced Jambi the Genie and provided the voice for Pterri. In addition to his role on the series, Paragon also wrote 24 regular season episodes and co-wrote its 1988 Christmas special with Reubens,...
- 6/18/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
John Paragon, an actor, director and writer most familiar from his disembodied, teal-faced role of Jambi the Genie on Paul Reubens’ Pee-wee’s Playhouse, died April 3 in Palm Springs of unknown causes. He was 66.
Paragon’s death, only recently made public, was confirmed to Deadline by the Riverside County Coroner.
In addition to his work with frequent collaborator Reubens — he also voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl on Playhouse — Paragon is remembered by Seinfeld fans as Cedric, half of the couple Bob and Cedric who appeared occasionally to browbeat Michael Richards’ Kramer. In the famous episode “The Soup Nazi,” Paragon and actor Yul Vazquez, as Bob, stole an armoire that Kramer was guarding for Elaine (Julia-Louis Dreyfus).
Paragon was, like Reubens, a member of the Los Angeles comedy troupe the Groundlings, and contributed to the writing of early stage performances featuring the Pee-wee Herman character. The Jambi character carried over from the...
Paragon’s death, only recently made public, was confirmed to Deadline by the Riverside County Coroner.
In addition to his work with frequent collaborator Reubens — he also voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl on Playhouse — Paragon is remembered by Seinfeld fans as Cedric, half of the couple Bob and Cedric who appeared occasionally to browbeat Michael Richards’ Kramer. In the famous episode “The Soup Nazi,” Paragon and actor Yul Vazquez, as Bob, stole an armoire that Kramer was guarding for Elaine (Julia-Louis Dreyfus).
Paragon was, like Reubens, a member of the Los Angeles comedy troupe the Groundlings, and contributed to the writing of early stage performances featuring the Pee-wee Herman character. The Jambi character carried over from the...
- 6/18/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
John Paragon, the actor and comedian best known for playing Jambi the Genie on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has died at age 66.
TMZ reported Paragon passed away in April of unknown causes.
Paragon got his start performing improv at The Groundlings alongside classmates like Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Cassandra Peterson, all of whom he would work with later in his career.
He made his TV debut in “The Pee-wee Herman Show,” a stage show developed by Reubens in 1980. Paragon reprised his role as the sassy genie Jambi in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which ran from 1986-90, and he even wrote and directed several episodes of the beloved children’s show. In 1988, he and Reubens co-wrote “Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special,” which earned an Emmy nomination for Best Writing in a Children’s Special.
Paragon returned to his performance as Jambi in the Broadway adaptation of the “Pee-wee Herman” stage show in 2010.
Paragon’s other TV credits include “Cheers,...
TMZ reported Paragon passed away in April of unknown causes.
Paragon got his start performing improv at The Groundlings alongside classmates like Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Cassandra Peterson, all of whom he would work with later in his career.
He made his TV debut in “The Pee-wee Herman Show,” a stage show developed by Reubens in 1980. Paragon reprised his role as the sassy genie Jambi in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” which ran from 1986-90, and he even wrote and directed several episodes of the beloved children’s show. In 1988, he and Reubens co-wrote “Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special,” which earned an Emmy nomination for Best Writing in a Children’s Special.
Paragon returned to his performance as Jambi in the Broadway adaptation of the “Pee-wee Herman” stage show in 2010.
Paragon’s other TV credits include “Cheers,...
- 6/18/2021
- by Madeline Roth
- The Wrap
“Naomi,” the DC drama pilot from Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, has added six to its cast, including “7th Heaven” and “Hart of Dixie” alum Barry Watson. Additionally, “Queen Sugar” and “Ozark” director Amanda Marsalis will helm and co-executive produce the pilot.
Watson is set to play Greg, Naomi’s adoptive father and military vet who is happily married to Jennifer and sees Naomi as the “perfect daughter.” Watson recently appeared in Showtime’s “The Loudest Voice” as Lachlan Murdoch, as well as in “The Current Occupant,” and “A Dog’s Way Home.” He is represented by Innovative Artists and Trademark Talent.
Mary-Charles Jones has been cast as Annabell, Naomi’s “fiercely loyal classmate and best friend who is unafraid of telling Naomi hard truths,” and supports her friend’s quest for answers about a recent mysterious event. Jones starred as CBS’ “Kevin Can Wait” for two seasons and has also appeared in “Grey’s Anatomy,...
Watson is set to play Greg, Naomi’s adoptive father and military vet who is happily married to Jennifer and sees Naomi as the “perfect daughter.” Watson recently appeared in Showtime’s “The Loudest Voice” as Lachlan Murdoch, as well as in “The Current Occupant,” and “A Dog’s Way Home.” He is represented by Innovative Artists and Trademark Talent.
Mary-Charles Jones has been cast as Annabell, Naomi’s “fiercely loyal classmate and best friend who is unafraid of telling Naomi hard truths,” and supports her friend’s quest for answers about a recent mysterious event. Jones starred as CBS’ “Kevin Can Wait” for two seasons and has also appeared in “Grey’s Anatomy,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Ava DuVernay’s superhero DC drama Naomi is rounding out its cast. In his return to the CW, former 7th Heaven star Barry Watson is set as a series regular, along with Mouzam Makkar (The Fix), Mary-Charles Jones (Kevin Can Wait), Aidan Gemme (Finding Neverland) and Daniel Puig (The System). Additionally, Amanda Marsalis has been tapped to direct and co-executive produce the pilot, from DuVernay’s Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television.
They join previously announced Kaci Walfall as Naomi, along with Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson and newcomer Camila Moreno.
Naomi, the network’s latest DC adaptation, comes from DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship. Based on the eponymous comic book series that debuted in 2019, co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by breakout artist Jamal Campbell, the show follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town...
They join previously announced Kaci Walfall as Naomi, along with Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson and newcomer Camila Moreno.
Naomi, the network’s latest DC adaptation, comes from DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship. Based on the eponymous comic book series that debuted in 2019, co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by breakout artist Jamal Campbell, the show follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town...
- 3/31/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Starz has put in development a drama series based on the 2011 novel The Madonnas Of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse, from award-winning playwright Julia Cho, feature writer Kelly Marcel (Venom), producer Aaron Kaplan and his Kapital Entertainment.
The project was bought by the Lionsgate-owned premium network with a significant penalty, part of its focus on content for diverse female audiences. It will be produced by Kapital and Lionsgate Television.
More from DeadlineABC's 'Women of the Movement' Anthology Series From Jay-Z, Will Smith & Aaron Kaplan Opens Virtual Writers RoomProducer Aaron Kaplan Alleges Extortion Attempt, Triggering Lawsuit By His Late Brother's Widow In Trust DisputeStarz Marketing Chief Alison Hoffman Promoted To President, Domestic Networks
Written by Cho, The Madonnas Of Echo Park is a multigenerational drama set in Los Angeles that takes us across borders and into decades past as it follows...
The project was bought by the Lionsgate-owned premium network with a significant penalty, part of its focus on content for diverse female audiences. It will be produced by Kapital and Lionsgate Television.
More from DeadlineABC's 'Women of the Movement' Anthology Series From Jay-Z, Will Smith & Aaron Kaplan Opens Virtual Writers RoomProducer Aaron Kaplan Alleges Extortion Attempt, Triggering Lawsuit By His Late Brother's Widow In Trust DisputeStarz Marketing Chief Alison Hoffman Promoted To President, Domestic Networks
Written by Cho, The Madonnas Of Echo Park is a multigenerational drama set in Los Angeles that takes us across borders and into decades past as it follows...
- 4/16/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We’ll be seeing more of Kofu and Goodwin on Bob ♥ Abishola. Anthony Okungbowa (Kofu) and Bayo Akinfemi (Goodwin), who have been recurring all season, have been promoted to series regulars on Chuck Lorre’s CBS comedy.
Kofu (Okungbowa) and Goodwin (Akinfemi) are both Nigerian immigrants and loyal MaxDot employees. They’re often Bob’s (Billy Gardell) go-to guys when he needs capable helping hands at work, and occasionally serve as his expert counsel as he navigates his first relationship with a Nigerian woman.
In Bob ❤ Abishola, after having a heart attack, Bob (Gardell) falls in love with his Nigerian nurse and sets his sights on getting her to give him a chance.
Folake Olowofoyeku, Christine Ebersole, Matt Jones, Maribeth Monroe, Vernee Watson, Shola Adewusi, Barry Shabaka Henley, Travis Wolfe, Jr. and Gina Yashere also star.
Created by Lorre, Al Higgins, Yashere and Eddie Gorodetsky, the series is produced...
Kofu (Okungbowa) and Goodwin (Akinfemi) are both Nigerian immigrants and loyal MaxDot employees. They’re often Bob’s (Billy Gardell) go-to guys when he needs capable helping hands at work, and occasionally serve as his expert counsel as he navigates his first relationship with a Nigerian woman.
In Bob ❤ Abishola, after having a heart attack, Bob (Gardell) falls in love with his Nigerian nurse and sets his sights on getting her to give him a chance.
Folake Olowofoyeku, Christine Ebersole, Matt Jones, Maribeth Monroe, Vernee Watson, Shola Adewusi, Barry Shabaka Henley, Travis Wolfe, Jr. and Gina Yashere also star.
Created by Lorre, Al Higgins, Yashere and Eddie Gorodetsky, the series is produced...
- 1/30/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oakhurst Entertainment has secured the rights to Cartoon Girl, a Randall Green-written dramatic comedy from the 2014 Black List. In addition, Amanda Marsalis, who has directed episodes for The Umbrella Academy, Westworld, and Ozark, is in talks to direct this pic. Jai Khanna and Marina Grasic will produce for Oakhurst with Booksmart and Hustlers producers Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell for Gloria Sanchez.
The film, which is said to be on a fast track, is about a young boy who discovers that the cartoon character he’s in love with is based on a real girl. With his single father in tow, he embarks on a road trip adventure to find her and profess his love.
Green will serve as an executive producer alongside George Heller of Brillstein Entertainment Partners . Productivity Media, which set a $2M annual development funding deal with Oakhurst last year, will finance and also serve as producers.
The film, which is said to be on a fast track, is about a young boy who discovers that the cartoon character he’s in love with is based on a real girl. With his single father in tow, he embarks on a road trip adventure to find her and profess his love.
Green will serve as an executive producer alongside George Heller of Brillstein Entertainment Partners . Productivity Media, which set a $2M annual development funding deal with Oakhurst last year, will finance and also serve as producers.
- 1/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“I don’t want to keep downcutting myself,” says Azniv Korkejian, “but to be honest, I have no idea what I’m doing.”
Korkejian, who records and writes songs as Bedouine, is currently talking about playing the guitar — “I’m always just winging it” — but the Los Angeles-based folk musician may as well be describing her complicated feelings about being an artist at all.
That word — artist — is one that Korkejian says she’s struggled to feel like she fully embodies in recent years, even after releasing her self-titled debut,...
Korkejian, who records and writes songs as Bedouine, is currently talking about playing the guitar — “I’m always just winging it” — but the Los Angeles-based folk musician may as well be describing her complicated feelings about being an artist at all.
That word — artist — is one that Korkejian says she’s struggled to feel like she fully embodies in recent years, even after releasing her self-titled debut,...
- 6/20/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the test night of iam8bit‘s new “Resident Evil Escape Experience” (tickets) here in Los Angeles at their gallery in Echo Park. I’ve been trying to get over there since I moved to La, but I haven’t been down that way too often, so I was very excited to […]...
- 10/26/2016
- by Jimmy Champane
- bloody-disgusting.com
The family of the allegedly malnourished 11-year-old boy found dead in a closet of his Los Angeles home was the subject of six previous reports to the city's Department of Children and Family Services dating back to before the boy's birth, People confirms. Department spokesperson Neil Zanville tells People the department received calls about the boy, Yonatan Daniel Aguilar, four times, from 2009 to 2012. Two additional calls regarding one of Yonatan's older siblings were placed in 2002, prior to the boy's birth. All of the reports were investigated, but none led to an open case that would have required child supervision and services,...
- 8/31/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
The family of the allegedly malnourished 11-year-old boy found dead in a closet of his Los Angeles home was the subject of six previous reports to the city's Department of Children and Family Services dating back to before the boy's birth, People confirms. Department spokesperson Neil Zanville tells People the department received calls about the boy, Yonatan Daniel Aguilar, four times, from 2009 to 2012. Two additional calls regarding one of Yonatan's older siblings were placed in 2002, prior to the boy's birth. All of the reports were investigated, but none led to an open case that would have required child supervision and services,...
- 8/31/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Police arrested a Los Angeles mother after the dead body of her allegedly malnourished and abused 11-year-old son was found wrapped in a blanket in a closet in her home, People confirms. It's not clear how the boy died, but according to a statement from Los Angeles police obtained by People, "The investigation revealed that the victim suffered from signs of malnutrition and physical abuse and had been deceased for a few hours." The child’s mother, 39-year-old Veronica Aguilar, was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment resulting in death, the statement said. Officers discovered the body at the home...
- 8/25/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Police arrested a Los Angeles mother after the dead body of her allegedly malnourished and abused 11-year-old son was found wrapped in a blanket in a closet in her home, People confirms. It's not clear how the boy died, but according to a statement from Los Angeles police obtained by People, "The investigation revealed that the victim suffered from signs of malnutrition and physical abuse and had been deceased for a few hours." The child’s mother, 39-year-old Veronica Aguilar, was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment resulting in death, the statement said. Officers discovered the body at the home...
- 8/25/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Ava DuVernay went from zero to sixty in the last few years, from being the first African-American woman to win the Sundance director prize (in 2012 for her second film, “Middle of Nowhere”) to Best Picture Oscar nominee with “Selma” in 2015. Shortly thereafter, Marvel offered her the chance to direct “Black Panther,” which she gave careful deliberation before she turned it down.
“It wasn’t the right project for me,” she told the crowd at the ArcLight 5 in Culver City this weekend. “It was the perfect project for Ryan Coogler,” she told moderator Elvis Mitchell. “He’s going to shake it up and present it to you on a silver platter!”
What’s exciting about “Black Panther,” she added, is that it boasts “an African superhero and a black bad guy, too.” She wants to see what happens when filmmakers of color “are playing with the big toys,” she said.
Accepting...
“It wasn’t the right project for me,” she told the crowd at the ArcLight 5 in Culver City this weekend. “It was the perfect project for Ryan Coogler,” she told moderator Elvis Mitchell. “He’s going to shake it up and present it to you on a silver platter!”
What’s exciting about “Black Panther,” she added, is that it boasts “an African superhero and a black bad guy, too.” She wants to see what happens when filmmakers of color “are playing with the big toys,” she said.
Accepting...
- 6/6/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Writer/director Shane Black knows a thing or two about detective stories. His career started back in the 1980s when he sold the script for the original Lethal Weapon, and in the years since he.s delivered spell-binding and hilarious capers in The Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and more. His latest entry into the beloved genre is the upcoming period crime dramedy The Nice Guys - and with it, the filmmaker had one very important goal in mind: he wanted the mystery to really matter again. All the way back in February of last year, a small group of journalists including myself were invited to go to Echo Park in Los Angeles and both visit the set of The Nice Guys while it was in production, and speak with the movie.s filmmakers and stars. It was during our sit-down with Shane Black that the writer/director...
- 5/6/2016
- cinemablend.com
From late night restaurants to bookstores and galleries hidden within parks, train stations and other public spaces, Pop-up culture seems to be both a remedy for and proponent of our digital age. It would only be a matter of time then that the catchy term would tumble into the film world, specifically the film festival realm. The folks behind the artist support organization Raw: natural born artists are using "pop-up" to describe the first annual Raw Film Festival, which is set to bow this Sunday, April 24th at Echo Park's Bootleg Theater. At first glance, a showcase for high-concept, award winning short films (like Drew Mylrea's Next Door, pictured above) from both Los Angeles based filmmakers and their international brethren, Rawff doesn't want to be...
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- 4/21/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Amazon Studios has renewed "Bosch," its crime-procedural adaptation of Michael Connelly's best-selling novel series, for a third season. Titus Welliver will return as the titular detective.
"Bosch" was the first original drama from Amazon Studios and was the most watched title on Amazon's Prime Instant Video platform during its first four weeks.
The series has also drawn strong reviews for its change of pace from other crime procedurals. Tech jargon, fast pacing and flashy editing are all eschewed in favour of a single case across ten episodes with a very relaxed and lived-in feel with an excellent grasp of its Los Angeles locale.
The first season took inspiration from three of the novels - "City of Bones," "Echo Park," and "The Concrete Blonde". The second from the novels "Trunk Music," "The Drop" and "The Last Coyote".
Eighteen novels with Bosch as the central character have been written leaving plenty...
"Bosch" was the first original drama from Amazon Studios and was the most watched title on Amazon's Prime Instant Video platform during its first four weeks.
The series has also drawn strong reviews for its change of pace from other crime procedurals. Tech jargon, fast pacing and flashy editing are all eschewed in favour of a single case across ten episodes with a very relaxed and lived-in feel with an excellent grasp of its Los Angeles locale.
The first season took inspiration from three of the novels - "City of Bones," "Echo Park," and "The Concrete Blonde". The second from the novels "Trunk Music," "The Drop" and "The Last Coyote".
Eighteen novels with Bosch as the central character have been written leaving plenty...
- 4/2/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Dancing with the Stars newcomer Jodie Sweetin brought a very familiar tune to her debut on the show.
The star parodied the Full House intro, with help from her partner Keo Motsepe, with Los Angeles' Echo Park Lake standing in for San Fransisco.
Going into Monday's DWTS premiere, she got plenty of support from her Fuller House family, who tweeted their love.
My reaction to @JodieSweetin's dance on #DWTS tonight. Go sister wife, go! #DWTS22 pic.twitter.com/lyKGrq3bUv
— Andrea Barber (@andreabarber) March 22, 2016
Season premiere of @dancingabc is tonight and this beauty is going to be owning the dance floor!
The star parodied the Full House intro, with help from her partner Keo Motsepe, with Los Angeles' Echo Park Lake standing in for San Fransisco.
Going into Monday's DWTS premiere, she got plenty of support from her Fuller House family, who tweeted their love.
My reaction to @JodieSweetin's dance on #DWTS tonight. Go sister wife, go! #DWTS22 pic.twitter.com/lyKGrq3bUv
— Andrea Barber (@andreabarber) March 22, 2016
Season premiere of @dancingabc is tonight and this beauty is going to be owning the dance floor!
- 3/22/2016
- by Aaron Couch and Patrick Gomez
- People.com - TV Watch
Dancing with the Stars newcomer Jodie Sweetin brought a very familiar tune to her debut on the show. The star parodied the Full House intro, with help from her partner Keo Motsepe, with Los Angeles' Echo Park Lake standing in for San Fransisco. Going into Monday's DWTS premiere, she got plenty of support from her Fuller House family, who tweeted their love. My reaction to @JodieSweetin's dance on #DWTS tonight. Go sister wife, go! #DWTS22 pic.twitter.com/lyKGrq3bUv— Andrea Barber (@andreabarber) March 22, 2016 Season premiere of @dancingabc is tonight and this beauty is going to be owning the dance floor!
- 3/22/2016
- by Aaron Couch and Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
Dancing with the Stars newcomer Jodie Sweetin brought a very familiar tune to her debut on the show. The star parodied the Full House intro, with help from her partner Keo Motsepe, with Los Angeles' Echo Park Lake standing in for San Fransisco. Going into Monday's DWTS premiere, she got plenty of support from her Fuller House family, who tweeted their love. My reaction to @JodieSweetin's dance on #DWTS tonight. Go sister wife, go! ❤ #DWTS22 pic.twitter.com/lyKGrq3bUv— Andrea Barber (@andreabarber) March 22, 2016 Season premiere of @dancingabc is tonight and this beauty is going to be owning the dance floor!
- 3/22/2016
- by Aaron Couch and Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
Know a hero? Send suggestions to heroesamongus@peoplemag.com. For more inspiring stories, read the latest issue of People magazineAlan Pinel teaches salsa dancing, but on the third Thursday of every month, you'll find him opening five-gallon cans of the spicy stuff and mixing it with frijoles, cheese and rice to make more than 1,000 burritos to hand out to Los Angeles' downtown homeless population. The founder of The Burrito Project in South Pasadena, Pinel, 43, is usually joined by 50 or 60 volunteers who spend several hours sautéing vegetables, dicing avocados and warming tortillas before making deliveries from 10 p.m. to midnight in...
- 3/3/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Dancin' Dan continues our classic Sundance celebration with a tenth anniversary of a film that should really have a bigger fan base.
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's Quinceañera is one of those films that is inextricable from the story of how it was made: The two moved to the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, a primarily working-class Latino neighborhood that was rapidly gentrifying. After being invited to their neighbor's fifteenth birthday party - a Latin American right of passage known as a quinceañera - they were amazed by the elaborate ceremony and thought it would make a great setting for a film. Later, when thinking about making a drama partially based on their experience as a white gay couple in a gentrifying neighborhood, the idea resurfaced. And the rest, as they say, is history: Quinceañera won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for dramatic feature.
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's Quinceañera is one of those films that is inextricable from the story of how it was made: The two moved to the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, a primarily working-class Latino neighborhood that was rapidly gentrifying. After being invited to their neighbor's fifteenth birthday party - a Latin American right of passage known as a quinceañera - they were amazed by the elaborate ceremony and thought it would make a great setting for a film. Later, when thinking about making a drama partially based on their experience as a white gay couple in a gentrifying neighborhood, the idea resurfaced. And the rest, as they say, is history: Quinceañera won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for dramatic feature.
- 1/29/2016
- by Denny
- FilmExperience
I recently had the chance to sit down with two of the talented writers (director Michael Dougherty was also a writer on the film) behind the upcoming film Krampus, Todd Casey and Zach Shields. Along with Dougherty they are also part of the team responsible for the four part collection of short stories set in the Trick 'r Treat universe, titled Days Of The Dead. While the original film has an extensive cult following, Days Of The Dead also serves as a little taste of what could possibly be a full-fledged film return to Sam's spooky little world.
Gt's Matt Mueller: One of the most noticeable things about all four stories is that at their core is an unexpected sentimentality. It is something I didn’t necessarily expect, but ultimately was a pleasant surprise. There is a lot of heartbreak and pain in these stories, but also a rather big splash of hope,...
Gt's Matt Mueller: One of the most noticeable things about all four stories is that at their core is an unexpected sentimentality. It is something I didn’t necessarily expect, but ultimately was a pleasant surprise. There is a lot of heartbreak and pain in these stories, but also a rather big splash of hope,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Matthew Mueller
- GeekTyrant
Debbie Tucker Green’s dreamy, ambiguous urban parable is rooted in utterly believable performances
Miracles may be an everyday occurrence, but in a secular age they can be less of a blessing than a curse. Films as diverse as Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, Denys Arcand’s Jesus of Montreal and, more recently, Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations of the Cross have wrestled with the anachronistic intersection between the domestic and the allegedly divine, with results ranging from comedy to tragedy. In terms of subject matter, playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s beautifully ambiguous debut feature perhaps bears comparison with Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s 2006 oddity Quinceañera (aka Echo Park La), in which a Mexican-American girl approaching her 15th birthday discovers she is pregnant, despite her certainty that she is still a virgin.
In Second Coming, Jackie (Nadine Marshall) is a middle-aged mum with a history of miscarriages whose family life...
Miracles may be an everyday occurrence, but in a secular age they can be less of a blessing than a curse. Films as diverse as Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, Denys Arcand’s Jesus of Montreal and, more recently, Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations of the Cross have wrestled with the anachronistic intersection between the domestic and the allegedly divine, with results ranging from comedy to tragedy. In terms of subject matter, playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s beautifully ambiguous debut feature perhaps bears comparison with Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s 2006 oddity Quinceañera (aka Echo Park La), in which a Mexican-American girl approaching her 15th birthday discovers she is pregnant, despite her certainty that she is still a virgin.
In Second Coming, Jackie (Nadine Marshall) is a middle-aged mum with a history of miscarriages whose family life...
- 6/7/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Debbie Tucker Green’s dreamy, ambiguous urban parable is rooted in utterly believable performances
Miracles may be an everyday occurrence, but in a secular age they can be less of a blessing than a curse. Films as diverse as Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, Denys Arcand’s Jesus of Montreal and, more recently, Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations of the Cross have wrestled with the anachronistic intersection between the domestic and the allegedly divine, with results ranging from comedy to tragedy. In terms of subject matter, playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s beautifully ambiguous debut feature perhaps bears comparison with Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s 2006 oddity Quinceañera (aka Echo Park La), in which a Mexican-American girl approaching her 15th birthday discovers she is pregnant, despite her certainty that she is still a virgin.
In Second Coming, Jackie (Nadine Marshall) is a middle-aged mum with a history of miscarriages whose family life...
Miracles may be an everyday occurrence, but in a secular age they can be less of a blessing than a curse. Films as diverse as Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, Denys Arcand’s Jesus of Montreal and, more recently, Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations of the Cross have wrestled with the anachronistic intersection between the domestic and the allegedly divine, with results ranging from comedy to tragedy. In terms of subject matter, playwright Debbie Tucker Green’s beautifully ambiguous debut feature perhaps bears comparison with Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s 2006 oddity Quinceañera (aka Echo Park La), in which a Mexican-American girl approaching her 15th birthday discovers she is pregnant, despite her certainty that she is still a virgin.
In Second Coming, Jackie (Nadine Marshall) is a middle-aged mum with a history of miscarriages whose family life...
- 6/7/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Richard Glatzer, who wrote and directed Julianne Moore’s Oscar-winning performance in Still Alice, has died after battling Als. He was 63.
Publicists say he passed away Tuesday morning only three weeks after he watched Moore win the statuette. Glatzer poured his heart and soul into the film, alongside his husband Wash Westmoreland, in spite of his debilitating condition. The pair adapted the film from Lisa Genova’s novel and proceeded to develop the project, even though he had just been diagnosed with Als.
Glatzer and Westmoreland previously made waves with 2006’s Quinceanera, a film about a pregnant 14-year-old Latina growing up in L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood, which went on win the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Westmoreland released the following statement regarding Richard’s death on Tuesday:
“I am devastated. Rich was my soulmate, my collaborator, my best friend and my life.
Publicists say he passed away Tuesday morning only three weeks after he watched Moore win the statuette. Glatzer poured his heart and soul into the film, alongside his husband Wash Westmoreland, in spite of his debilitating condition. The pair adapted the film from Lisa Genova’s novel and proceeded to develop the project, even though he had just been diagnosed with Als.
Glatzer and Westmoreland previously made waves with 2006’s Quinceanera, a film about a pregnant 14-year-old Latina growing up in L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood, which went on win the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Westmoreland released the following statement regarding Richard’s death on Tuesday:
“I am devastated. Rich was my soulmate, my collaborator, my best friend and my life.
- 3/12/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
When going to the Echo or Echoplex, you are pretty much guaranteed to have a good time. They have bands of all kinds of genres and range of popularity that play. I had the joy of walking through the urine stained alleys of Echo Park to see Viet Cong, and what I considered to be one of the best shows I have been to in a while.The first opening act went by the name Heathers. I was intrigued by the name considering Heathers was one of my all time favorite movies going through high school. The lead singer looked like […]...
- 3/8/2015
- by Bella Elbaum
- Monsters and Critics
Titus Welliver isn't the first actor I might have thought of to play Lapd homicide cop Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, hero of 17 best-selling mystery novels and counting by Michael Connelly (plus multiple appearances in Connelly's "Lincoln Lawyer" series). But that's more because the book series started so long ago, and has allowed Harry to age in real time, so my mental image of him is much older than the "Deadwood" alum. In "Bosch," a new TV series whose first season can be streamed on Amazon Prime starting today, Welliver plays a younger and slightly mellower version of Harry. Connelly and producer Eric Overmyer ("The Wire," "Tremé") adapted the first season from pieces of three different Bosch novels ("The Concrete Blonde," "City of Bones" and "Echo Park"), and tweaks some biographical details. (Over the course of the early books, for instance, Bosch got married, divorced, and had a daughter who's on the...
- 2/13/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Two things inspired executive producer Matt Nix on the forthcoming USA Network series “Complications:” volunteering at a hospital and witnessing a gang member break into his Echo Park home 10 years ago.
“I thought he was one of the gardeners,” Nix told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena on Thursday.
After confronting him, he was walking away, and for reasons I cant explain, I started following him. He totally saw me getting his license plate and he did the gang bang member head nod at me.”
“At the trial, I kind of made friends with the guy.
“I thought he was one of the gardeners,” Nix told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena on Thursday.
After confronting him, he was walking away, and for reasons I cant explain, I started following him. He totally saw me getting his license plate and he did the gang bang member head nod at me.”
“At the trial, I kind of made friends with the guy.
- 1/15/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
At today's TCA panel on his new USA series Complications, executive producer Matt Nix said the show grew out of an incredibly stupid thing he did about a decade ago while living in a dicey neighborhood in pre-gentrification Echo Park. The drama series centers on John Ellison (Jason O'Mara), a disillusioned suburban ER doctor who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy's life and killing one of his attackers. (Watch…...
- 1/15/2015
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline TV
After years of anticipation from Michael Connelly readers, Amazon just announced the launch date for Bosch, its first drama series, on Friday, February 13th, when all ten episodes will become available at once on Prime Instant Video.
Based primarily on elements from Connelly's City of Bones (2002), The Concrete Blonde (1994) and Echo Park (2006), the series follows relentless Lapd homicide detective Harry Bosch as he pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected killer in cold blood.
The investigation of the boy’s killer takes on a life and death urgency when a suspect who’s confessed to the boy’s murder escapes custody and begins a murderous rampage across Los Angeles, taunting Bosch as the case turns deeply personal.
Bosch stars Titus Welliver (Sons of Anarchy, Argo), Jamie Hector (The Wire), Amy Aquino (Being Human), Lance Reddick (Fringe, The Wire...
Based primarily on elements from Connelly's City of Bones (2002), The Concrete Blonde (1994) and Echo Park (2006), the series follows relentless Lapd homicide detective Harry Bosch as he pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected killer in cold blood.
The investigation of the boy’s killer takes on a life and death urgency when a suspect who’s confessed to the boy’s murder escapes custody and begins a murderous rampage across Los Angeles, taunting Bosch as the case turns deeply personal.
Bosch stars Titus Welliver (Sons of Anarchy, Argo), Jamie Hector (The Wire), Amy Aquino (Being Human), Lance Reddick (Fringe, The Wire...
- 1/14/2015
- Hollywonk
Like you, we first fell in love with Amber Benson during her days on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The feelings only grew as we watch her evolve into a director, producer and most of all a successful author. Amber’s latest project is Witches Of Echo Park and she talks about why going “magical” seemed like the next step for her. Plus actor Jon Tenney, from Major Crimes and Scandal, talks about the great parts of being a working actor in todays’ exploding entertainment mediums.
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- 1/12/2015
- by Mike Raub
- Comicmix.com
Amber Benson is best known for portraying Tara in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” but she has transitioned into a formidable author and filmmaker. Her new book, The Witches of Echo Park, was released this week by Ace Trade, and she’s… Continue Reading →
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- 1/10/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
If you’ve read my Top 10 Movies of 2014 list, you’ll know I proclaimed the vast amount of really good movies released this year but for all the good movies, there has to be some bad… And the bad were Really bad this year. From unfunny comedies to weird vanity projects that were seemingly made just for friends and family of the film makers attached, to some truly awful horror movies it seems that 2014 will be marked by some truly terrible films – some of which made it to the big screen!
The criteria is the same as my “best of” list: it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut, or a new movie that I’ve seen at a film festival that might not necessarily have been distributed as of yet. Also, the cut off...
The criteria is the same as my “best of” list: it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut, or a new movie that I’ve seen at a film festival that might not necessarily have been distributed as of yet. Also, the cut off...
- 12/22/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
There’s always something a little magical about capturing child spontaneity in a narrative context. Northern California emigre Cory McAbee (of cult favorite The American Astronaut) made his daughter an integral part of 2009’s hilarious sci-fi musical Stingray Sam, then starred by then seven-year-old Willa and two-year-old John in last year’s freewheeling short feature Crazy & Thief. Their unchaperoned adventures on the streets of NYC are echoed by native New Yorker Alexandre Rockwell’s Little Feet, in which his own son and daughter wander L.A.’s Echo Park over an hour’s whimsical course.>> - Dennis Harvey...
- 12/12/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
There’s always something a little magical about capturing child spontaneity in a narrative context. Northern California emigre Cory McAbee (of cult favorite The American Astronaut) made his daughter an integral part of 2009’s hilarious sci-fi musical Stingray Sam, then starred by then seven-year-old Willa and two-year-old John in last year’s freewheeling short feature Crazy & Thief. Their unchaperoned adventures on the streets of NYC are echoed by native New Yorker Alexandre Rockwell’s Little Feet, in which his own son and daughter wander L.A.’s Echo Park over an hour’s whimsical course.>> - Dennis Harvey...
- 12/12/2014
- Keyframe
--Heidi Klum presenting a check for a $25,000 donation on behalf of Sharper Image at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Tree Lighting Ceremony in L.A. --Jessica Alba applying her favorite Youngblood crème blush in Taffeta on the set of her new movie Resurrection in Thailand. --Magic icon Criss Angel handing out $100 bills to tip the staff at Shrine nightclub at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Ct. --Funny gal Sarah Silverman performing at gun safety concert Fun Lovers Unite! in Echo Park, Calif. --House costars Jesse Spencer, Amber Tamblyn, and Lisa Edelstein [...]...
- 12/3/2014
- Us Weekly
Nope it's not Kansas. It ain't Oz either. Instead it's La's trendy Echo Park neighborhood that plays home for this brand new music video for the band Maxie Dean's hit song Tornado. The world premiere of this stylized vid comes to us courtesy of director Todd Berger who you may know as member of the comedy troupe The Vacationeers and director of the 2013 apocalyptic laugher It's A Disaster. Here's what Mr. Berger had to say about his inspiration: We all know that L Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was a satire of the 1890's Us economy with the Yellow Brick Road representing the reliance on the gold standard, The Scarecrow representing the plight of the American farmer, the Tin Man representing the...
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- 11/25/2014
- Screen Anarchy
• Doctor Who alum Matt Smith will star opposite Natalie Dormer in Patient Zero. Stefan Ruzowitzky is directing the action thriller from a script by Mike Le. The story follows the spread of a super strain of rabies, which leads to the evolution of a new, violent species. An immune survivor must race to find Patient Zero, and a cure, to save his infected wife and the human race at large. [Deadline] • Brenton Thwaites is in final negotiations for the role of a British soldier, Henry, in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean installment. The actor is known for this year's Maleficent and The Giver.
- 11/22/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
The multi-talented Amber Benson is best recognized as Tara Maclay from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but recently, she is starring in Geek & Sundry’s new show Morganville: The Series and wrote the Calliope Reaper-Jones series for Penguin. Her newest book The Witches of Echo Park is coming out in January 2015. She sat down with me at New York Comic Con to discuss her life-long fascination with magic and how to make it through the saddest moments of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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- 11/5/2014
- by Rachel Kolb
- JustPressPlay.net
Disney-owned Maker Studios, which creates online videos for millenials, announced the new Andrew W.K.-hosted kids series “Meet Me at the Reck, ” in which the “Party Hard” rocker and his friends will help kids explore their imaginations. The series will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 4 on Maker.tv. The six-part series follows Andrew and his band of kids–better known as “reckers” — who hang out at a Rec Center in Los Angeles’ Echo Park. Also read: Maker Studios Hit With $19 Million Lawsuit by Former Showrunner Guests include “School of Rock” star Jack Black, Zach Woods (“Silicon Valley,” “The Office”), digital superstar Joseph Garrett.
- 9/3/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Stars: Nathan Nolan, Evie Brodie, Simon Dutton, Louise Houghton, Seth Sinclair | Written and Directed by Mark Ezra
Here we go again. Another found footage movie. This time the premise steals heavily from the grand-daddy of found footage movies, Cannibal Holocaust, in so much that the film purportedly consists of ‘found’ material from the screen writer’s video diary which is viewed after the events… Yeah right.
Apparently based on a true story, You Are Not Alone (aka House Swap) sees a young California screenwriter and his composer girlfriend exchange their Echo Park home for a sprawling Tudor mansion near Glastonbury, England, in the hope of finding creative inspiration. Thinking they have the best of the bargain, they soon learn that the house comes with a stalker who seems able to enter through locked doors. Driven beyond endurance by the continual harassment, the screenwriter sets a trap to exact his revenge.
Here we go again. Another found footage movie. This time the premise steals heavily from the grand-daddy of found footage movies, Cannibal Holocaust, in so much that the film purportedly consists of ‘found’ material from the screen writer’s video diary which is viewed after the events… Yeah right.
Apparently based on a true story, You Are Not Alone (aka House Swap) sees a young California screenwriter and his composer girlfriend exchange their Echo Park home for a sprawling Tudor mansion near Glastonbury, England, in the hope of finding creative inspiration. Thinking they have the best of the bargain, they soon learn that the house comes with a stalker who seems able to enter through locked doors. Driven beyond endurance by the continual harassment, the screenwriter sets a trap to exact his revenge.
- 8/9/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Flula Borg is a man of many talents. The German YouTuber is a DJ, a vlogger, an actor, a hype man, and a generally awesome person. The renaissance man's latest gig makes use of his talents as an emcee. Flula will be the host of BEDROCKtoberfest, an outdoor music and magic festival. BEDROCKtoberfest will take place on September 20th at BedrockLA, a music venue in the Echo Park neighborhood. At the event, Flula will introduce a number of different entertainers. The lineup includes RZA, who Flula spoke with as part of a promotional video for the festival. To help promote BEDROCKtoberfest, Flula is hosting a Google Hangout where he will make Oktoberfest songs with his fans. "Boo ja to the Houses! This will be fun!" said Flula in an email. "Yes I will do some inventing of songs and talking to fans, I have found that with live things like...
- 8/5/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Watch Washed Out's Moody New Extended Music Video About Unrequited Love La teenagers roller-blade and mope in the synth-pop maestro's video for "Weightless." by Liam Mathews Washed Out mostly makes bummer-in-the-summer songs, sunshine pop with clouds rolling in, and the video for his new song "Weightless" is the perfect visual counterpart. The video was directed by David Altobelli and follows a handsome blonde teenager as he roller-blades around Echo Park, Los Angeles, and pines for a dark-haired jock who doesn't love him back. The track is from Washed Out's album Paracosm. Image via Sub [...]...
- 6/4/2014
- by Liam Mathews
- Nerve
AMC is getting into the comedy game, the network announced today, greenlighting its first comedy pilot and putting a few more into development. We Hate Paul Revere, which will film later this year, is set in Colonial Boston and follows two brothers who are trying to find the recognition they believe they deserve. The network is also developing comedies from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, John Leguizamo, Wyatt Cenac, and playwright Adrea Abbate. Sober Buddies, produced by Rogen and Goldberg, is about a washed-up surfer who becomes a sober-living coach — not to be confused with Fox's Sober Companion. Leguizamo's show is loosely autobiographical and follows three male friends in New York City; Cenac's is set at an Austin car dealership; and Abbate's is about two women who are contract killers in Echo Park.On the drama front, AMC is moving forward with its Chris Carter–Area 51 show, with Gale Anne Hurd...
- 3/26/2014
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
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