In today’s roundup the Queen conquers new territories, social media and reality TV seek to create change, North America gets ready to rock and ProSiebenSat.1 taps Pabst for new executive position.
‘Queen of the World’ Lands in New Territories
Leading broadcasters in the Netherland’s Rtl and Norway’s Nrk were two of a number of broadcasters announced to have secured rights to “Queen of the World,” a two-part docuseries on Queen Elizabeth II. The series recently aired on HBO in the U.S. and had previously secured broadcast deals in nearly 90 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Origionally commissioned by U.K. broadcaster ITV, the series is produced by Oxford Films. The two, one-hour episodes go behind the scenes and offer insight into the life of the Monarch as a leading figure in the world and the head of the royal family.
“The Fashion Hero” Goes Global,...
‘Queen of the World’ Lands in New Territories
Leading broadcasters in the Netherland’s Rtl and Norway’s Nrk were two of a number of broadcasters announced to have secured rights to “Queen of the World,” a two-part docuseries on Queen Elizabeth II. The series recently aired on HBO in the U.S. and had previously secured broadcast deals in nearly 90 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Origionally commissioned by U.K. broadcaster ITV, the series is produced by Oxford Films. The two, one-hour episodes go behind the scenes and offer insight into the life of the Monarch as a leading figure in the world and the head of the royal family.
“The Fashion Hero” Goes Global,...
- 10/15/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Tufts, aka 'Mayor Bobby,' the 2-term mayor of Dorset, Minn., and 5-year-old boy, has been booted from office.
5-Year-Old Mayor Bobby Tufts Loses Re-Election
The city of Dorset, with a population of 25, is too small to have an official city government. Instead, they elect a mayor every year in a raffle. Citizens pay $1 to cast a ballot for any candidate and a winner is then chosen out of a hat. Mayor Bobby, won the race two years in a row, but lost the 2014 election to 16-year-old Eric Mueller. Mayor Bobby’s mother, Emma Tufts, announced the news on Facebook, writing, “Sadly Robert is no longer mayor.”
Post by Emma Tufts.
Mayor Bobby also shared the news on his Twitter account, writing, “That’s all folks!”
Thats all folks! @tasteofdorsetmn pic.twitter.com/fASzILjgb2
— Bobby Tufts (@MrMayorBobby) August 3, 2014
Robert Tufts Served 2 Years As Mayor Of Dorset, Minn.
Usually, the ceremonial mayor does very little,...
5-Year-Old Mayor Bobby Tufts Loses Re-Election
The city of Dorset, with a population of 25, is too small to have an official city government. Instead, they elect a mayor every year in a raffle. Citizens pay $1 to cast a ballot for any candidate and a winner is then chosen out of a hat. Mayor Bobby, won the race two years in a row, but lost the 2014 election to 16-year-old Eric Mueller. Mayor Bobby’s mother, Emma Tufts, announced the news on Facebook, writing, “Sadly Robert is no longer mayor.”
Post by Emma Tufts.
Mayor Bobby also shared the news on his Twitter account, writing, “That’s all folks!”
Thats all folks! @tasteofdorsetmn pic.twitter.com/fASzILjgb2
— Bobby Tufts (@MrMayorBobby) August 3, 2014
Robert Tufts Served 2 Years As Mayor Of Dorset, Minn.
Usually, the ceremonial mayor does very little,...
- 8/6/2014
- Uinterview
Strand Releasing
NEW YORK -- Style takes precedence over content in this fourth installment of Strand Releasing's popular series of gay-themed short-film compilations. Perhaps the weakest edition of the series, "Boys Life 4: Four Play" features a quartet of efforts more reflective of the filmmakers' career aspirations than of a desire for meaningful expression. The film is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Quad Cinema.
The opener, "L.T.R.", from writer-director Phillip J. Bartell, at least displays a timeliness in its satirical look at reality TV, which this summer has been on a particularly gay-oriented bent. It depicts the unraveling of the so-called "long-term relationship" between pot-smoking, stay-at-home Riley (Weston Mueller) and the younger, party-animal Michael (Cole Williams), a relationship not at all helped by the sexual fling between Michael and the filmmaker documenting their story.
Another rocky relationship is examined in Brian Sloan's "Bumping Heads", depicting the developing friendship between thirtysomething Craig (Craig Chester) and much younger Gary (Anderson Gabrych), who meet when their noggins collide at a party. Craig wants the relationship to progress into something more romantic but is unable to act on his desire until yet another incident of head bumping lands him in the hospital.
The most serious entry, Alan Brown's "O Beautiful", uses the Matthew Shepard incident for inspiration in its depiction of the aftermath of a gay-bashing incident in which a young man (Jay Gillespie) has been left for dead in a Midwestern cornfield. One of his attackers (David Rogers) returns to help him, with his true motivations only gradually becoming clear. Its extensive use of split screen is more distracting than illuminating.
But not as distracting as it is in "This Car Up", Eric Mueller's trivial depiction of the "meet cute" between a yuppie exec (Michael Booth) and a sinewy bike messenger (Brent Doyle), in which the relentless use of split screen is as annoying gimmicky as it's been in Mike Figgis' feature-length experiments.
NEW YORK -- Style takes precedence over content in this fourth installment of Strand Releasing's popular series of gay-themed short-film compilations. Perhaps the weakest edition of the series, "Boys Life 4: Four Play" features a quartet of efforts more reflective of the filmmakers' career aspirations than of a desire for meaningful expression. The film is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Quad Cinema.
The opener, "L.T.R.", from writer-director Phillip J. Bartell, at least displays a timeliness in its satirical look at reality TV, which this summer has been on a particularly gay-oriented bent. It depicts the unraveling of the so-called "long-term relationship" between pot-smoking, stay-at-home Riley (Weston Mueller) and the younger, party-animal Michael (Cole Williams), a relationship not at all helped by the sexual fling between Michael and the filmmaker documenting their story.
Another rocky relationship is examined in Brian Sloan's "Bumping Heads", depicting the developing friendship between thirtysomething Craig (Craig Chester) and much younger Gary (Anderson Gabrych), who meet when their noggins collide at a party. Craig wants the relationship to progress into something more romantic but is unable to act on his desire until yet another incident of head bumping lands him in the hospital.
The most serious entry, Alan Brown's "O Beautiful", uses the Matthew Shepard incident for inspiration in its depiction of the aftermath of a gay-bashing incident in which a young man (Jay Gillespie) has been left for dead in a Midwestern cornfield. One of his attackers (David Rogers) returns to help him, with his true motivations only gradually becoming clear. Its extensive use of split screen is more distracting than illuminating.
But not as distracting as it is in "This Car Up", Eric Mueller's trivial depiction of the "meet cute" between a yuppie exec (Michael Booth) and a sinewy bike messenger (Brent Doyle), in which the relentless use of split screen is as annoying gimmicky as it's been in Mike Figgis' feature-length experiments.
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