Et has learned that Today weekend co-host Craig Melvin is in the running to replace Matt Lauer as co-host of Today.
A source at the show tells Et that both NBC and staff are fans of 38-year-old Melvin. Melvin currently anchors MSNBC Live on weekdays, and is co-anchor of Today Saturday edition.
“This would give the network the opportunity to make Melvin into a star at NBC,” the source says. “This would be clean slate.”
Melvin has been married to Espn sports anchor Lindsay Czarniak since 2011. The couple has two children together.
As for the possibility that Hoda Kotb would replace Lauer, our source says that would be “highly doubtful,” as Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford’s Today hour is already a huge success, and they wouldn't want to change the dynamic.
Still, there are other potential replacements in the running. Our source says that Willie Geist -- who frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on Today --...
A source at the show tells Et that both NBC and staff are fans of 38-year-old Melvin. Melvin currently anchors MSNBC Live on weekdays, and is co-anchor of Today Saturday edition.
“This would give the network the opportunity to make Melvin into a star at NBC,” the source says. “This would be clean slate.”
Melvin has been married to Espn sports anchor Lindsay Czarniak since 2011. The couple has two children together.
As for the possibility that Hoda Kotb would replace Lauer, our source says that would be “highly doubtful,” as Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford’s Today hour is already a huge success, and they wouldn't want to change the dynamic.
Still, there are other potential replacements in the running. Our source says that Willie Geist -- who frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on Today --...
- 12/5/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Simon Brew Aug 15, 2017
Director Richard Stanley might just get to make his take on The Island Of Dr Moreau after all...
When director Richard Stanley stepped onto the set of The Island Of Dr Moreau just over 20 years ago, it followed the many years he’d spent trying to get the adaptation of H G Wells’ story to the big screen. A glittering cast had been assembled, led by Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. Everything was in place. And then Stanley was fired three days into filming. By fax.
The story was told in the excellent documentary Lost Soul. It recalled how replacement director John Frankenheimer was brought in, and how he, er, ‘failed to get on with the crew’. Then there were reports of Brando’s behaviour, of Kilmer’s behaviour as well, and general unrest on set. And that was before the terrible final cut of the movie was released.
Director Richard Stanley might just get to make his take on The Island Of Dr Moreau after all...
When director Richard Stanley stepped onto the set of The Island Of Dr Moreau just over 20 years ago, it followed the many years he’d spent trying to get the adaptation of H G Wells’ story to the big screen. A glittering cast had been assembled, led by Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. Everything was in place. And then Stanley was fired three days into filming. By fax.
The story was told in the excellent documentary Lost Soul. It recalled how replacement director John Frankenheimer was brought in, and how he, er, ‘failed to get on with the crew’. Then there were reports of Brando’s behaviour, of Kilmer’s behaviour as well, and general unrest on set. And that was before the terrible final cut of the movie was released.
- 8/15/2017
- Den of Geek
This early gore-horror picture has a remarkable emphasis on human values, believe it or not, with a ‘monster’ that nevertheless is a paragon of loving gentleness. Add Donald Pleasance as a surly, posh-hating police inspector, and the shock value makes the Hammer films of the early ’70s taste like weak tea.
Death Line
Blu-ray + DVD
Blue Underground
1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / aka Raw Meat / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.98
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, June Turner, Christopher Lee.
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Art Direction: Dennis Gordon-Orr
Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot
Original Music: Jeremy Rose, Malone Wil
Written by Ceri Jones from a story by Gary Sherman
Produced by Paul Maslansky
Directed by Gary Sherman
In 1972, making a horror film was a safe way to start a career: almost anything screen-able could get a release, and if your show had enough shock value, it might even get positive critical attention.
Death Line
Blu-ray + DVD
Blue Underground
1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / aka Raw Meat / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.98
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, June Turner, Christopher Lee.
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Art Direction: Dennis Gordon-Orr
Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot
Original Music: Jeremy Rose, Malone Wil
Written by Ceri Jones from a story by Gary Sherman
Produced by Paul Maslansky
Directed by Gary Sherman
In 1972, making a horror film was a safe way to start a career: almost anything screen-able could get a release, and if your show had enough shock value, it might even get positive critical attention.
- 6/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
With his reputation — and potentially his job — in the balance, tonight Bill Maher initially ducked around the expected apology for using a racial slur on last week’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
Barely addressing the controversy in his traditional opening monologue, Maher faced the studio audience and HBO viewers by saying, “Thank you for letting a sinner in your midst” before turning the conversation to “someone worse than me — Donald Trump.”
Read More: Bill Maher Used the N-Word on ‘Real Time’ Last Night, and People Applauded — Watch
The comedian then proceeded to go hard on Trump in the aftermath of Thursday’s Comey hearings in his opening remarks. “Is he too stupid to be President?” Maher asked his audience.
However, this was followed by a sit-down interview with author Michael Eric Dyson, in which Maher immediately made this request: “I want you to school me — I did a bad thing.
Barely addressing the controversy in his traditional opening monologue, Maher faced the studio audience and HBO viewers by saying, “Thank you for letting a sinner in your midst” before turning the conversation to “someone worse than me — Donald Trump.”
Read More: Bill Maher Used the N-Word on ‘Real Time’ Last Night, and People Applauded — Watch
The comedian then proceeded to go hard on Trump in the aftermath of Thursday’s Comey hearings in his opening remarks. “Is he too stupid to be President?” Maher asked his audience.
However, this was followed by a sit-down interview with author Michael Eric Dyson, in which Maher immediately made this request: “I want you to school me — I did a bad thing.
- 6/10/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Academic Michael Eric Dyson is Bill Maher’s top-of-show interview guest for Friday’s Real Time, after Sen. Al Franken bowed out, citing Maher’s use of a racial slur on last Friday’s program. Musician/actor Ice Cube is Maher’s mid-show interview guest; roundtable guests include CNN journalist David Gregory, former Fla. Rep. David Jolly and activist Symone Sanders. Georgetown professor Dyson already has weighed in on Maher’s incendiary aside, on last Friday’s program: pi…...
- 6/6/2017
- Deadline TV
In 2012, in the midst of a North Carolina ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in the state, then-Vice President Joe Biden went on Meet the Press to discuss the bill. "I think Will & Grace probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody has ever done," he told host David Gregory. At the time, the show had been off the air for six years, yet remained a cultural landmark for its depiction of openly gay characters to a nationwide audience not yet accustomed to hearing lines like,...
- 1/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Revenge of the Blood Beast
Blu-ray
Rarovideo
1966 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 79 min. / Il lago di Satana, La sorella di Satana, The She-Beast / Street Date January 17, 2017 / 29.95
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy, Mel Welles, Lucretia Love
Cinematography: Gioacchino Gengarelli
Film Editor: Nira Omri
Original Music: Paul Ferris
Produced by: Paul Maslansky, Michael Reeves
Written and Directed by Michael Reeves
It’s back into the genre argument pits with the interesting director Michael Reeves. Reeves has persisted as a cult figure far longer than most directors with only three credited feature films. The movies are uneven but promising, and certainly the artistic equal (or better) than most of the work being turned out at the time by American-International and the majority of the Euro-horror crowd. The second half of the 1960s saw a general depression in the horror field, with Hammer losing touch with its audience and continental fare turning to sex content to generate interest.
Blu-ray
Rarovideo
1966 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 79 min. / Il lago di Satana, La sorella di Satana, The She-Beast / Street Date January 17, 2017 / 29.95
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy, Mel Welles, Lucretia Love
Cinematography: Gioacchino Gengarelli
Film Editor: Nira Omri
Original Music: Paul Ferris
Produced by: Paul Maslansky, Michael Reeves
Written and Directed by Michael Reeves
It’s back into the genre argument pits with the interesting director Michael Reeves. Reeves has persisted as a cult figure far longer than most directors with only three credited feature films. The movies are uneven but promising, and certainly the artistic equal (or better) than most of the work being turned out at the time by American-International and the majority of the Euro-horror crowd. The second half of the 1960s saw a general depression in the horror field, with Hammer losing touch with its audience and continental fare turning to sex content to generate interest.
- 1/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Just when NBC News thought things finally had settled down, it again finds itself in the spotlight over a piece of high-profile talent left dangling while top brass tries to navigate some minefield (see Brian Williams, see David Gregory, see Ann Curry…). This time it’s Billy Bush, suspended Sunday over a lewd conversation with Donald Trump caught on tape in 2005 and revealed this Friday ahead of the second presidential debate. While the hot mic has rocked the Gop…...
- 10/10/2016
- Deadline TV
All images in this post are taken from the DVD from this Arrow Video Release.
The Movie
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator is one of the greatest ‘80s horror movies of all time. No other horror flick up until that point successfully combined gore, horror, and humor quite like that movie did. There were horror movies that were intentionally funny (like Motel Hell for example), but what made Re-Animator special and original is that it took the fear of death and poked fun at it. Blood and guts are now funny thanks to director Stuart Gordon. The idea that something disturbing like a severed limb or a dead body could actually be funny still fascinates me. I have Re-Animator to thank for that.
Bride of Re-Animator has a cult fan base; if it didn’t, Arrow Video would not have wasted their time releasing it on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the movie isn’t as good as the first. This is typical among most horror sequels. The thing that bugs me the most about Bride is the number of plot holes the filmmakers didn’t even try filling. What the sequel gets right is the gory goods that definitely deliver. What the sequel gets wrong is the story details.
Eight months after the events that took place in the previous movie, Herbert West (played by Jeffrey Combs) and Dan Cain (played by Bruce Abbott who now has a mid-90s Bruce Campbell styled haircut) are now doctors at the Miskatonic University Hospital where they are secretly still doing reanimation experiments. How both men are now employed as doctors at the same hospital in the previous movie makes no sense to me after everything that happened, not to mention Herbert West’s death scene. Both men (especially Herbert) are now more focused on reanimating body parts stolen from the Hospital’s morgue and combining these parts to create living freaks.
Dr. Hill (whose head is clearly seen crushed to the size of a grapefruit in the previous movie) is now back and reanimated to get his revenge on Herbert and Dan while they are in the process of completing a huge experiment. Using the body parts from the morgue and Dan’s dead girlfriend’s heart, Herbert and Dan create a whole living female. Other complications take place that jeopardize the experiment such as a detective who becomes suspicious of the missing body parts and Dan’s 2 love interests.
Not every movie needs a sequel. Re-Animator is perfect the way it is. If you feel you absolutely must see these characters again for one more movie, then here it is. Not everything about the movie is disappointing however. The special make-up effects from Knb Efx Group and Screaming Mad George (just to name a few) make up for the plot holes and are definitely worth checking out. I really feel that Bride of Re-animator is a success as a gory FX freak show, but a failure as a story. Sorry horror fans.
Audio/Video
Arrow Video brings Bride of Re-Animator to Blu-ray for the very first time in America, and the results are satisfying. For this 3 Disc Limited Edition release, both R-rated and Unrated cuts of the film are offered in 1080p with a 1:78:1 Aspect Ratio. The transfers for both cuts look identical except the brief scenes added in the Unrated cut take a bit of a noticeable dip in quality. Added shots in the Unrated cut appear darker than the rest of the movie and show much less detail. The rest of the image however looks great and feels like a lot of time and care went into this restoration. A fine looking image that I feel fans will be pleased with. The Lpcm 2.0 Audio Track offers some real kick, especially during the final showdown. Dialogue is clear and the gooey sound effects are top notch.
Special Features
Disc 1 (Blu-ray) & Disc 2 (DVD)
Unrated Version of the film.
Director’s Commentary – Director Brian Yuzna discusses getting the cast to come back for the sequel, shooting on a short schedule, the make-up effects, low budget challenges, and comparisons to the first movie. Moderated by David Gregory.
Cast & Crew Commentary – Brian Yuzna, Jeffrey Combs, Howard Berger, Robert Kurtzman, Tom Rainone, Mike Deak, Screaming Mad George, & John Buechler all participate in this commentary. An FX heavy commentary with each artist detailing their work on the film during their scenes and the challenges of working under strict time constraints.
Cast Commentary – Actors Jeffrey Combs & Bruce Abbott deliver a funny and amusing commentary here. They spend most of the time making fun of the movie MST3K style. Pretty entertaining stuff.
Brian Yuzna Remembers Bride of Re-animator (10 minutes) – A lot that’s covered here is already covered in Yuzna’s Audio Commentary.
Splatter Masters: The Special Effects Artists of Bride of Re-animator (15 minutes) – FX artists Robert Kurtzman, Screaming Mad George, Tony Doublin, and John Buechler look back on the work they did on Bride. Pretty sweet stuff with some behind-the-scenes home video footage.
Getting Ahead in Horror (24 minutes) – An archive making-of piece composed of behind-the-scenes footage. Here, we get a great look at almost all of the special effects in the movie. My favorite extra on the disc.
Deleted Scenes:
– Meg is Re-animated (8 minutes) – Probably came from the workprint. We also see some behind-the-scenes footage on the making of this scene. Interesting to note that this deleted scene fixes one plot hole.
– Carnival Sequence (2 minutes) – Only shown in still photos with a filmmakers commentary.
Theatrical Trailer (2 minutes)
Disc 3 (Limited Edition Exclusive)
R-rated version of the film.
Behind-the-Scenes Reel (14 ½ minutes) – More home video footage of the special effects scenes and make-up
Other Goodies:
24 Page Booklet – Includes new writing by Michael Blyth and a few color photos.
Re-animator: Dawn of the Re-animator (Limited Edition Exclusive) – Full 1992 comic prequel to the original Re-animator. Booklet is glorious and thick!
See larger image Bride of Re-Animator (Director Approved 3-Disc Limited Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD] New From: $54.99 Usd In Stock
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The Movie
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator is one of the greatest ‘80s horror movies of all time. No other horror flick up until that point successfully combined gore, horror, and humor quite like that movie did. There were horror movies that were intentionally funny (like Motel Hell for example), but what made Re-Animator special and original is that it took the fear of death and poked fun at it. Blood and guts are now funny thanks to director Stuart Gordon. The idea that something disturbing like a severed limb or a dead body could actually be funny still fascinates me. I have Re-Animator to thank for that.
Bride of Re-Animator has a cult fan base; if it didn’t, Arrow Video would not have wasted their time releasing it on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the movie isn’t as good as the first. This is typical among most horror sequels. The thing that bugs me the most about Bride is the number of plot holes the filmmakers didn’t even try filling. What the sequel gets right is the gory goods that definitely deliver. What the sequel gets wrong is the story details.
Eight months after the events that took place in the previous movie, Herbert West (played by Jeffrey Combs) and Dan Cain (played by Bruce Abbott who now has a mid-90s Bruce Campbell styled haircut) are now doctors at the Miskatonic University Hospital where they are secretly still doing reanimation experiments. How both men are now employed as doctors at the same hospital in the previous movie makes no sense to me after everything that happened, not to mention Herbert West’s death scene. Both men (especially Herbert) are now more focused on reanimating body parts stolen from the Hospital’s morgue and combining these parts to create living freaks.
Dr. Hill (whose head is clearly seen crushed to the size of a grapefruit in the previous movie) is now back and reanimated to get his revenge on Herbert and Dan while they are in the process of completing a huge experiment. Using the body parts from the morgue and Dan’s dead girlfriend’s heart, Herbert and Dan create a whole living female. Other complications take place that jeopardize the experiment such as a detective who becomes suspicious of the missing body parts and Dan’s 2 love interests.
Not every movie needs a sequel. Re-Animator is perfect the way it is. If you feel you absolutely must see these characters again for one more movie, then here it is. Not everything about the movie is disappointing however. The special make-up effects from Knb Efx Group and Screaming Mad George (just to name a few) make up for the plot holes and are definitely worth checking out. I really feel that Bride of Re-animator is a success as a gory FX freak show, but a failure as a story. Sorry horror fans.
Audio/Video
Arrow Video brings Bride of Re-Animator to Blu-ray for the very first time in America, and the results are satisfying. For this 3 Disc Limited Edition release, both R-rated and Unrated cuts of the film are offered in 1080p with a 1:78:1 Aspect Ratio. The transfers for both cuts look identical except the brief scenes added in the Unrated cut take a bit of a noticeable dip in quality. Added shots in the Unrated cut appear darker than the rest of the movie and show much less detail. The rest of the image however looks great and feels like a lot of time and care went into this restoration. A fine looking image that I feel fans will be pleased with. The Lpcm 2.0 Audio Track offers some real kick, especially during the final showdown. Dialogue is clear and the gooey sound effects are top notch.
Special Features
Disc 1 (Blu-ray) & Disc 2 (DVD)
Unrated Version of the film.
Director’s Commentary – Director Brian Yuzna discusses getting the cast to come back for the sequel, shooting on a short schedule, the make-up effects, low budget challenges, and comparisons to the first movie. Moderated by David Gregory.
Cast & Crew Commentary – Brian Yuzna, Jeffrey Combs, Howard Berger, Robert Kurtzman, Tom Rainone, Mike Deak, Screaming Mad George, & John Buechler all participate in this commentary. An FX heavy commentary with each artist detailing their work on the film during their scenes and the challenges of working under strict time constraints.
Cast Commentary – Actors Jeffrey Combs & Bruce Abbott deliver a funny and amusing commentary here. They spend most of the time making fun of the movie MST3K style. Pretty entertaining stuff.
Brian Yuzna Remembers Bride of Re-animator (10 minutes) – A lot that’s covered here is already covered in Yuzna’s Audio Commentary.
Splatter Masters: The Special Effects Artists of Bride of Re-animator (15 minutes) – FX artists Robert Kurtzman, Screaming Mad George, Tony Doublin, and John Buechler look back on the work they did on Bride. Pretty sweet stuff with some behind-the-scenes home video footage.
Getting Ahead in Horror (24 minutes) – An archive making-of piece composed of behind-the-scenes footage. Here, we get a great look at almost all of the special effects in the movie. My favorite extra on the disc.
Deleted Scenes:
– Meg is Re-animated (8 minutes) – Probably came from the workprint. We also see some behind-the-scenes footage on the making of this scene. Interesting to note that this deleted scene fixes one plot hole.
– Carnival Sequence (2 minutes) – Only shown in still photos with a filmmakers commentary.
Theatrical Trailer (2 minutes)
Disc 3 (Limited Edition Exclusive)
R-rated version of the film.
Behind-the-Scenes Reel (14 ½ minutes) – More home video footage of the special effects scenes and make-up
Other Goodies:
24 Page Booklet – Includes new writing by Michael Blyth and a few color photos.
Re-animator: Dawn of the Re-animator (Limited Edition Exclusive) – Full 1992 comic prequel to the original Re-animator. Booklet is glorious and thick!
See larger image Bride of Re-Animator (Director Approved 3-Disc Limited Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD] New From: $54.99 Usd In Stock
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- 5/4/2016
- by Joshua Lightfoot
- Destroy the Brain
Stuart Gordon’s debut feature, Re-Animator, isn’t just one of the best horror movies of the 1980s, but also one of the few rare perfect horror comedies ever made. Alongside Evil Dead 2, the original Re-Animator essentially helped invent the splatstick subgenre and announced Gordon as one of the most exciting voices in horror, plus, it turned genre royalty Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton into stars overnight. There’s almost no way it could be outdone in its sequel, 1990’s Bride of Re-Animator, though it’s not for lack of trying.
Brian Yuzna, producer of the first film, stepped into the director’s chair for the follow-up, which finds med student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) and Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) escaping to Peru months after the bloody and tragic events of Re-Animator. They continue to conduct their reanimation experiments on soldiers injured and killed in the midst of a bloody civil war,...
Brian Yuzna, producer of the first film, stepped into the director’s chair for the follow-up, which finds med student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) and Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) escaping to Peru months after the bloody and tragic events of Re-Animator. They continue to conduct their reanimation experiments on soldiers injured and killed in the midst of a bloody civil war,...
- 4/22/2016
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
David Gregory, the former host of NBC’s Sunday Beltway show Meet the Press and a 20-year NBC News veteran, has signed on as a political analyst at CNN, based in Washington. He will appear primarily on New Day, which is in a ratings death match with MSNBC’s Morning Joe. The two programs have been duking it out for the No. 2 spot behind Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends in the mornings. Gregory, who already has been seen on CNN and Fox News commenting on this election cycle…...
- 3/28/2016
- Deadline TV
Today’s Iowa Caucuses kick off what’s certain to be a frenzied year in presidential politics leading up to November’s general election. TV coverage of the state’s quirky primary format features everything from MSNBC’s Brian Williams returning to primetime and four hours of Megyn Kelly live on Fox News to David Gregory appearing on CNN. So, what should you watch to stay informed? TheWrap has you covered. ABC’s “Your Voice, Your Vote” features George Stephanopoulos leading coverage for the network with special reports in primetime from Election Headquarters in New York. David Muir will anchor...
- 2/1/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Hey, let's dig up a rotting corpse, just for fun! A group of crazy Florida theater students plays a group of crazy Florida theater students in Bob Clark's no-budget, spirited attempt to ride in the wake of Night of the Living Dead. An hour of bad jokes is capped by a satisfying zombie onslaught that got the film a major release and launched a career. That's how a score of good directors got started in the 1970s. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things Blu-ray Vci Entertainment 1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 76 min. / Street Date February 23, 2016 / 24.99 Starring Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeffrey Gillen, Anya Ormsby, Paul Cronin. Cinematography Jack McGowan Film Editor Gary Goch Art Direction Forest Carpenter Original Music Carl Zittrer Special Makeup Creator Alan Ormsby Written by Bob Clark, Alan Ormsby Produced by Gary Goch Directed by Bob Clark credited as Benjamin Clark
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Hitting film school,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Hitting film school,...
- 1/16/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
David Gregory got the bum’s rush from NBC because the network feared a final going-away episode of Meet the Press would create another “Ann Curry moment,” the former Press moderator says in his new memoir How’s Your Faith: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey. Writes Gregory: “Because of this ill-conceived concern, NBC decided not to let me have a final show….I was furious when I heard that. I felt like they were snuffing me out.” Curry, of course, was the former Today show…...
- 9/13/2015
- Deadline TV
There is apparently no love lost between former “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory and NBC. Gregory exited the Sunday morning program in August 2014, now he is describing what went wrong in his new book “How’s Your Faith?: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey.” “My relationship with ‘Meet the Press’ during that last year was like a marriage that you know is bad but you can’t leave,” Gregory says in an excerpt from the book, published Sunday by Salon. Also Read: Former 'Meet the Press' Host David Gregory Slams NBC: 'I Don't Miss Being There' (Video) “I was miserable,...
- 9/13/2015
- by Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
One year after exiting NBC News as moderator of “Meet the Press,” David Gregory is breaking his silence about his departure from the network. “It was handled in a way that was unnecessary. NBC made a business decision which you can agree with or disagree with. It just didn’t need to be handled that way, and the process of it was difficult,” Gregory told “CBS This Morning” Wednesday, in his first television interview since leaving NBC. The veteran journalist, who spent 20 years at NBC, also admitted to his own shortcomings. “I tried to, rather than get into the nastiness of it,...
- 9/9/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Former Meet the Press host David Gregory talks candidly in his new memoir, How's Your Faith, about his messy ouster from NBC News last summer. On Wednesday, he also appeared on rival CBS, to talk about the episode. Sitting in front of the giant CBS News eye logo, Gregory characterized the process as "difficult" during an interview with CBS This Morning's Norah O'Donnell, Gayle King and John Dickerson (the Face the Nation host was sitting in for Charlie Rose). But he noted that in the end the episode helped him to do some deep soul searching. { "nid": 725579, "type":
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- 9/9/2015
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you book him, they will come. The latest news show to benefit from Donald Trump is Meet the Press. Capping off a stretch of several strong weeks for the NBC show, Chuck Todd's interviews with the Republican presidential candidate (his only appearance on the Sunday programs) and Sen. Bernie Sanders drove the show to its biggest audience since February 2014. That easily makes it the most-watched since Todd took over from David Gregory last August. { "nid": 816131, "type": "news", "title": "The Donald Trump Conversation: Murdoch, Ailes, NBC and the Rush of Being TV's "Ratings Machine"", "path": "http://www.
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- 8/20/2015
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Blue Underground presents 1990: The Bronx Warriors via a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo set on June 30, 2015 and we got our review for you, right here.
The Movie
1990: The Bronx Warriors is an Italian mash-up of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York and Walter Hill’s The Warriors, as probably evident from the title (Escape from New York was called 1997: Escape from New York in Italy). The Bronx is labelled as “No Man’s Land”, where law & order is vacant and the borough is run by gangs that have their own territories – much like the gangs in The Warriors. Our main gang is “The Riders” which is a motorcycle club (that features real Hell’s Angels) lead by Trash (played by Mark Gregory) who believe that a war is about to begin with other gangs. What they don’t know is the Manhattan Corporation is planting a man...
The Movie
1990: The Bronx Warriors is an Italian mash-up of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York and Walter Hill’s The Warriors, as probably evident from the title (Escape from New York was called 1997: Escape from New York in Italy). The Bronx is labelled as “No Man’s Land”, where law & order is vacant and the borough is run by gangs that have their own territories – much like the gangs in The Warriors. Our main gang is “The Riders” which is a motorcycle club (that features real Hell’s Angels) lead by Trash (played by Mark Gregory) who believe that a war is about to begin with other gangs. What they don’t know is the Manhattan Corporation is planting a man...
- 7/4/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
A tense trailer for a post-apocalyptic thriller, variant cover art for The Walking Dead #1 featuring Michonne and her pets, and Blu-ray / DVD release details for Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau comprise this round-up.
Z for Zachariah: Directed by Craig Zobel from Nissar Modi's screenplay that's based on the 1974 novel by Robert C. O’Brien, Z for Zachariah stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Chris Pine. The film is slated for a limited theatrical release from Roadside Attractions beginning August 21st.
Synopsis (via Collider): "In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others.
Z for Zachariah: Directed by Craig Zobel from Nissar Modi's screenplay that's based on the 1974 novel by Robert C. O’Brien, Z for Zachariah stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Chris Pine. The film is slated for a limited theatrical release from Roadside Attractions beginning August 21st.
Synopsis (via Collider): "In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others.
- 6/4/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Some of the year’s most acclaimed titles are being announced for their Blu & DVD debut. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, David Gregory’s incredible documentary about the notoriously disastrous production has been dated, with extras revealed, as has survival horror Backcountry and Astron-6’s anticipated giallo parody, The Editor.…
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- 6/4/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Acquisitions include Cannes Classics title Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words.
NonStop Entertainment has secured Nordic rights to documentary Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words, playing in Cannes Classics, and Scandinavian rights to Three Generations from Im Global, starring Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Elle Fanning.
Three Generations was recently sold to The Weinstein Company for $6m for North America.
It also has Scandinavia, Iceland and Baltics rights to Josh Mond’s Sundance-selected debut James White from Memento Film Sales and the opener to this year’s Un Certain Regard section, Naomi Kawase´s An, from MK2.
Stig Björkman’s Cannes Classics selected Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words from producer Mantaray Film, distributed by NonStop Entertainment in Scandinavia, Iceland, Baltics is set for an August 28 release in the territory, the day before Bergman’s centennial.
NonStop also took Experimenter, the Sundance movie starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder about the Standford prison experiments...
NonStop Entertainment has secured Nordic rights to documentary Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words, playing in Cannes Classics, and Scandinavian rights to Three Generations from Im Global, starring Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts and Elle Fanning.
Three Generations was recently sold to The Weinstein Company for $6m for North America.
It also has Scandinavia, Iceland and Baltics rights to Josh Mond’s Sundance-selected debut James White from Memento Film Sales and the opener to this year’s Un Certain Regard section, Naomi Kawase´s An, from MK2.
Stig Björkman’s Cannes Classics selected Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words from producer Mantaray Film, distributed by NonStop Entertainment in Scandinavia, Iceland, Baltics is set for an August 28 release in the territory, the day before Bergman’s centennial.
NonStop also took Experimenter, the Sundance movie starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder about the Standford prison experiments...
- 5/21/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
To Go On Two Legs: Gregory’s Fascinating Recapitulation of a Cinematic Train Wreck
Documentarian David Gregory graduates from an extensive history of shorts with his first feature length achievement, the verbosely titled Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s The Island of Dr. Moreau. However, the title is something of a misnomer, much like another recent examination of a project that never came to fruition with its originating director, Jodorowsky’s Dune. Stanley, who had gained a successful cult following in the early 90s for Hardware (1990) and the Miramax distributed Dust Devil (1992), would engage in the sort of uphill production battle that rivalled historical studio horror stories. Weather, nervous producers, pampered diva personalities, and ultimately, Stanley’s own limitations in reigning in such aggressive setbacks would result in his being fired from the set. However, the strangeness doesn’t stop there. Gregory manages to convey the extremity of a much maligned production,...
Documentarian David Gregory graduates from an extensive history of shorts with his first feature length achievement, the verbosely titled Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s The Island of Dr. Moreau. However, the title is something of a misnomer, much like another recent examination of a project that never came to fruition with its originating director, Jodorowsky’s Dune. Stanley, who had gained a successful cult following in the early 90s for Hardware (1990) and the Miramax distributed Dust Devil (1992), would engage in the sort of uphill production battle that rivalled historical studio horror stories. Weather, nervous producers, pampered diva personalities, and ultimately, Stanley’s own limitations in reigning in such aggressive setbacks would result in his being fired from the set. However, the strangeness doesn’t stop there. Gregory manages to convey the extremity of a much maligned production,...
- 2/27/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
There has been a lot of chatter -- jokes, tweets, rueful speculation -- noting the paradox of Brian Williams' forced six-month leave from the anchor chair at "NBC Nightly News" and Jon Stewart's near-simultaneous announcement of his retirement from "The Daily Show," but the biggest irony may be this one: we all care who'll replace Stewart (if, indeed, anyone can) but aren't the least bit concerned with who's replacing Williams (Lester Holt, as it turns out). And the reason is simple: we consider fake newsman Stewart accountable, while we hold no such expectations for real newsman Williams.
The truth is, Stewart and Williams -- who seem like pals whenever the latter visits the former's show -- have a lot more in common than either would probably like to admit. They're both from Jersey, both telegenic, both funny. Indeed, it's Williams' efforts to be amusing that seem to have led to his undoing.
The truth is, Stewart and Williams -- who seem like pals whenever the latter visits the former's show -- have a lot more in common than either would probably like to admit. They're both from Jersey, both telegenic, both funny. Indeed, it's Williams' efforts to be amusing that seem to have led to his undoing.
- 2/13/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Twitter tributes poured in on Wednesday night into Thursday morning for veteran CBS News journalist Bob Simon, who was killed in a car crash in New York City.
The longtime 60 Minutes correspondent died in a collision early Wednesday evening when a town car in which he was riding hit a Mercedes-Benz stopped at a Manhattan traffic light, pushing the town car into metal barriers separating traffic lanes, police said.
Simon was pronounced dead at nearby St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. He was 73. No arrests were made in the accident, which is still under investigation.
Fellow journalists honored the late newsman on Twitter,...
The longtime 60 Minutes correspondent died in a collision early Wednesday evening when a town car in which he was riding hit a Mercedes-Benz stopped at a Manhattan traffic light, pushing the town car into metal barriers separating traffic lanes, police said.
Simon was pronounced dead at nearby St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. He was 73. No arrests were made in the accident, which is still under investigation.
Fellow journalists honored the late newsman on Twitter,...
- 2/12/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- People.com - TV Watch
Twitter tributes poured in on Wednesday night into Thursday morning for veteran CBS News journalist Bob Simon, who was killed in a car crash in New York City. The longtime 60 Minutes correspondent died in a collision early Wednesday evening when a town car in which he was riding hit a Mercedes-Benz stopped at a Manhattan traffic light, pushing the town car into metal barriers separating traffic lanes, police said. Simon was pronounced dead at nearby St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. He was 73. No arrests were made in the accident, which is still under investigation. Fellow journalists honored the late newsman on Twitter,...
- 2/12/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
As younger audiences’ list of TV, desktop, tablet, mobile, and social content options grow by the day, legacy and new media executives are bending backward and forward to earn their eyeballs.
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
On TV news, the youngest audience is around 58, higher than the 18-49 and 25-54 age demo sweet spot advertisers desire. On the high end, a variety of news networks’ audiences skew even older, hovering close to 70.
With the knowledge that getting younger is now a matter of survival from extinction, some of the biggest news channels, print outlets, and digital news sites have developed their own networks and features...
- 1/29/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
“Celebrity Apprentice” host Donald Trump is known for picking battles with high-profile media figures, and the latest subject of his ire is “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd.
Following up on tweets from Sunday claiming “word is that NBC News is firing sleepy eyes Chuck Todd,” Trump was back at it Tuesday, bragging that people — though inquiring minds want to know who — are begging him to replace Todd.
So many people have told me that I should host Meet the Press and replace the moron who is on now. Just too busy, especially next 10 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2015
Apprentice = big hit.
Following up on tweets from Sunday claiming “word is that NBC News is firing sleepy eyes Chuck Todd,” Trump was back at it Tuesday, bragging that people — though inquiring minds want to know who — are begging him to replace Todd.
So many people have told me that I should host Meet the Press and replace the moron who is on now. Just too busy, especially next 10 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2015
Apprentice = big hit.
- 1/27/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
NBC News was aware of what the then-“Meet the Press” host could face for on-air stunt in late 2012
David Gregory nearly traded in a sensible navy suit for an orange jumper, when the former “Meet the Press” host brandished an illegal high-capacity magazine on a 2012 episode, according to an affidavit revealed recently.
During a Dec. 2012 segment on his NBC News program in which he debated the National Rifle Association, Gregory made his point with a real prop. As a result, an affidavit for his arrest on misdemeanor weapons charges was filled out in Washington, D.C., though the anchor was never taken in.
David Gregory nearly traded in a sensible navy suit for an orange jumper, when the former “Meet the Press” host brandished an illegal high-capacity magazine on a 2012 episode, according to an affidavit revealed recently.
During a Dec. 2012 segment on his NBC News program in which he debated the National Rifle Association, Gregory made his point with a real prop. As a result, an affidavit for his arrest on misdemeanor weapons charges was filled out in Washington, D.C., though the anchor was never taken in.
- 1/24/2015
- by Tony Maglio and Deborah Day
- The Wrap
NBC host draws over 3 million total viewers and 927,000 in the 25-54 demo on Jan. 18
The media pundits who declared Chuck Todd the wrong choice after he struggled out of the gate on NBC’s “Meet the Press” might have to rewrite themselves.
Todd drew his highest-rated show on Jan. 18, drawing 3.051 million total viewers and 927,000 25-54 demo viewers. It’s the highest-rating for Todd’s “Meet the Press” tenure, which started in September. Overall, his performance this past Sunday was the highest rating for “Meet the Press” in 10 months, dating back to David Gregory’s embattled last few months as moderator.
The media pundits who declared Chuck Todd the wrong choice after he struggled out of the gate on NBC’s “Meet the Press” might have to rewrite themselves.
Todd drew his highest-rated show on Jan. 18, drawing 3.051 million total viewers and 927,000 25-54 demo viewers. It’s the highest-rating for Todd’s “Meet the Press” tenure, which started in September. Overall, his performance this past Sunday was the highest rating for “Meet the Press” in 10 months, dating back to David Gregory’s embattled last few months as moderator.
- 1/23/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Ann Curry is negotiating with NBC News to leave the network, a senior NBC executive confirms to TheWrap.
Curry will depart NBC News as a full-time employee to launch her own media startup seeded by NBCUniversal. The company will feature reporting and content “of national and global importance with a multi-platform distribution approach,” an NBC release said. Curry will be free to report for any network, including NBC News.
“This is about reaching for the edge of the future in journalism, which we know is undergoing an irrevocable transition. I am excited about working to become a valuable link between...
Curry will depart NBC News as a full-time employee to launch her own media startup seeded by NBCUniversal. The company will feature reporting and content “of national and global importance with a multi-platform distribution approach,” an NBC release said. Curry will be free to report for any network, including NBC News.
“This is about reaching for the edge of the future in journalism, which we know is undergoing an irrevocable transition. I am excited about working to become a valuable link between...
- 1/13/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Where there are winners there are also losers, and as TheWrap already declared our our top 5 media winners of 2014 so must follow the year’s most prominent losers.
Fortunately, in the media world, it’s not a challenge to see who is in a funk and who is in full-on demolition mode.
Also Read: Top 5 Media Winners of the Year: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014
Here are the top 5 media losers of 2014.
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1. When journalists and billionares collide: Pierre Omidyar
For a guy who had the vision, determination and talent to create eBay, Pierre Omidyar sure seems to have trouble running a media company.
Fortunately, in the media world, it’s not a challenge to see who is in a funk and who is in full-on demolition mode.
Also Read: Top 5 Media Winners of the Year: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014
Here are the top 5 media losers of 2014.
Getty Images
1. When journalists and billionares collide: Pierre Omidyar
For a guy who had the vision, determination and talent to create eBay, Pierre Omidyar sure seems to have trouble running a media company.
- 12/30/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Many of us say we’d like to live life without regrets. But that’s a virtually impossible, even for the most carefree of people. So imagine how hard that is for those in the spotlight, with their every angry moment, flippant tweet or huge blowup watched by the world.
Today, social media has made it pretty impossible to make a mistake and then let it pass quietly out of the news cycle without fallout. Inevitably, a boycott, an apology, a show cancellation or a job termination is demanded and then multiplied many times on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and in the media.
Today, social media has made it pretty impossible to make a mistake and then let it pass quietly out of the news cycle without fallout. Inevitably, a boycott, an apology, a show cancellation or a job termination is demanded and then multiplied many times on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and in the media.
- 12/30/2014
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
“Meet the Press” with Jon Stewart? It was a lot closer to happening than anyone could have ever imagined — and that's according to the man himself. Stewart confirms that he had talks with NBC to make him the successor to David Gregory on the network's venerable Sunday political show. See photos: Party Report in Pictures: Jennifer Lawrence, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Stewart and SNL's Week Off “My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could,” Stewart told Rolling Stone. “I'm sure part of them was thinking, ‘Why don't we just make it a variety show?...
- 10/30/2014
- by Mike Fleeman
- The Wrap
Jon Stewart has confirmed New York magazine's report earlier this month that he was approached about hosting Meet the Press as NBC revamped the Sunday morning show in the wake of host David Gregory's departure. "My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could," Stewart tells Rolling Stone about his discussions with NBC. "I'm sure part of them was thinking, 'Why don't we just make it a variety show?' " See more Jon Stewart: Exclusive Portraits of the 'Daily Show' Host But the Daily Show host said he never seriously considered taking
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- 10/30/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The MSNBC show left behind by Chuck Todd now has a host in the form of José Díaz-Balart, who will anchor an expanded “Daily Rundown” from 9 a.m.-11 a.m., individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Also read: MSNBC's President Phil Griffin Defends ‘Strong Brand’ Amid Ratings Woes The Miami-based Díaz-Balart, who debuted on MSNBC at 10 a.m. in July and also anchors an evening newscast on Telemundo, will anchor the morning show that under Todd was based in D.C. and focused on politics. Also read: Chuck Todd Replacing David Gregory on ‘Meet the Press...
- 10/30/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Earlier this month, reports surfaced that NBC approached Jon Stewart about hosting Meet The Press after David Gregory's departure. A source told New York that NBC was "ready to back the Brink's truck up" and pay the comedian an absolute fortune.
In an new interview with Rolling Stone, Stewart confirms that there were indeed discussions. "My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could," he says. "I'm sure part of them was thinking, 'Why don't we just make it a variety show?...
In an new interview with Rolling Stone, Stewart confirms that there were indeed discussions. "My guess is they were casting as wide and as weird a net as they could," he says. "I'm sure part of them was thinking, 'Why don't we just make it a variety show?...
- 10/30/2014
- Rollingstone.com
A new trailer and gorgeous poster have arrived for Monster Fest 2014, Australia's premiere genre film festival, which kicks off for 11 days and nights of depravity in Melbourne on 20 November.Highlights of the event, which will take place at Melbourne's iconic Cinema Nova and the fully customised late night space Yah Yahs, include opening film Charlie's Farm, starring Tara Reid, Kane Hodder and Nathan Jones, and closing out with The ABCs Of Death 2. Along the way there will be screenings of a number of Twitch favourites, including Astron 6's The Editor, Tommy Wirkola's Dead Snow 2, Eli Roth's The Green Inferno, Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer's Starry Eyes and David Gregory's documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey Of Richard Stanley's Island of Doctor...
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- 10/29/2014
- Screen Anarchy
David Gregory is getting back in the news game, this time digitally. Also read: ‘Meet the Press’ Pays Tribute to Ousted Moderator David Gregory The recently ousted “Meet the Press” moderator will join Yahoo's coverage of the midterm elections, the company announced Tuesday. Gregory will join host Katie Couric and contributors Matt Bai, Mike Allen, and political commentator Grover Norquist for network's coverage on November 4th. Also read: David Gregory Writing Book About Jewish Faith Gregory parted ways with “Meet” in August after months of gossip and speculation about his status amidst fledgling ratings. Since his departure, he's been at work on a book.
- 10/28/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
Directed by David Gregory
USA, 2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) is a documentary that tells the secret story behind Richard Stanley’s involvement, as the uncredited director and extra, in the cult movie The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). After his cult successes Hardware (1990) and Dust Devil (1992), director Richard Stanley was given an $8 million dollar budget along with the stars Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer to make his dream project based on the H. G. Wells science fiction novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896). Stanley pre-produced and developed the script for 4 years only to end up getting fired 4 days into the shoot. It’s a “what might have been movie” in the vein of films like Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) or Lost in La Mancha (2002).
The film includes a variety of testimonials from Richard Stanley,...
Directed by David Gregory
USA, 2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) is a documentary that tells the secret story behind Richard Stanley’s involvement, as the uncredited director and extra, in the cult movie The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). After his cult successes Hardware (1990) and Dust Devil (1992), director Richard Stanley was given an $8 million dollar budget along with the stars Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer to make his dream project based on the H. G. Wells science fiction novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896). Stanley pre-produced and developed the script for 4 years only to end up getting fired 4 days into the shoot. It’s a “what might have been movie” in the vein of films like Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) or Lost in La Mancha (2002).
The film includes a variety of testimonials from Richard Stanley,...
- 10/17/2014
- by Francisco Peres
- SoundOnSight
For the second time this year, my festival coverage is interrupted by an uncomfortable abscess on my tail-bone. It is not a particularly serious condition but it is very painful, in particular when I sit down. The only position that is remotely comfortable is lying on my stomach, which is not very conducive to the festival experience. I was speaking with my friend about it, and they told me “when the body is sick, sometimes it’s trying to communicate something to you”. I guess that means my body would rather I be the subject of a David Cronenberg body horror than watch one. Luckily people have been helpful and supportive and I still have access to a number of films, I’m just a little more sluggish than normal. Instead of fitting in my writing between screenings and after late nights of partying, I’m writing between doctor’s visits and periods of recovery.
- 10/17/2014
- by Justine Smith
- SoundOnSight
“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart may have been the number one choice to replace David Gregory as the host of NBC's “Meet the Press.” New York Magazine reports that network executives were ready to offer the comedian “anything” to host the Sunday morning talk show, but can't back it up with any on-the-record statements. Also read: Jon Stewart Trashes Media for Isis, Ebola Panic When Heart Disease Kills 600,000 a Year NBC has not yet responded to TheWrap‘s request for comment. NBC News political director Chuck Todd ended up getting the job, and made his debut as moderator in early September.
- 10/9/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Jon Stewart as “Meet the Press” host would’ve been a terrible idea — unless he did “The Daily Show” on Sunday Jon Stewart is "a supplement, a commentator, throwing stinkbombs in from the outside,” says James Poniewozik. "To put him in that Beltway-priest, neutral-insider role would have been a joke, and not the ha-ha kind. On the other hand, if NBC were hiring Stewart to replace not just David Gregory, but the idea of 'Meet the Press' itself–to create, if not a copy, 'The Daily Show,' a seriously funny issues show with a point of view and an adversarial attitude that would roast not just the guests, but the culture of Washington–now that could have been something.” Plus: Jon Stewart is a terrible interviewer who would’ve been a terrible host, Stewart’s agent wouldn’t deny the "Meet the Press' report, and...
- 10/9/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
With The Colbert Report ending soon, Comedy Central apparently almost lost another staple in its lineup to network television. New York magazine reports that Jon Stewart was initially approached and in talks with NBC News president Deborah Turness to replace David Gregory on Meet the Press. Gregory, who had hosted the show since 2008, was replaced last month by Chuck Todd. According to sources, the Peacock was prepared to offer The Daily Show host virtually "anything" to make the deal happen. Todd was officially named the new host on Aug. 14, and despite an exclusive sit-down with President Obama, the Sunday political...
- 10/8/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside TV
The Festival du Nouveau Cinema has arrived and because of it’s strong line-up, there is no way it is possible to see everything worth watching. Faced with an impossible task I proposed myself to focus on just one section of this year’s festival, Temps Ø, which is celebrating it’s 10th year in 2014. This section features the more obscure and rebel films of the Fnc, programed for an audience who enjoy witty cinematic experiences. My most anticipated films from the Temps Ø section this year is a mix of genres and styles that explore different themes and influences.
Der Samurai (Last Samurai)
Directed by Till Kleinert
Der Samurai directed by Till Kleinert, who will be present at the festival, is an under 80 minutes long feature set in a wooded region of the German-Polish border. It is a neo-giallo cat and mouse tale of Samurai (Pit Bukowski), a cross-dressing...
Der Samurai (Last Samurai)
Directed by Till Kleinert
Der Samurai directed by Till Kleinert, who will be present at the festival, is an under 80 minutes long feature set in a wooded region of the German-Polish border. It is a neo-giallo cat and mouse tale of Samurai (Pit Bukowski), a cross-dressing...
- 10/8/2014
- by Francisco Peres
- SoundOnSight
One of the more notorious production debacles in recent memories, the maelstrom behind the scenes of New Line's The island of Dr. Moreau (1996) is the subject of this candid and entertaining documentary from David Gregory.Following the relative success of his first two films, Hardware (1990) and Dust Devil (1992), South African director Richard Stanley was primed to become one of the hottest new talents in Hollywood. Hired by New Line to adapt and direct an adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau, the film was set to be Stanley's breakout project, but almost from the beginning he found himself at odds with the producers, and was unceremoniously fired from the Australia-based shoot just days into production. However, this would prove to be...
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- 9/21/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The tenth annual Fantastic Fest kicks off in Austin TX in just over a week, and we will once again be present to cover the festival. We are excited to announce the final wave of programming as well as many guest appearances including James Gunn, Edgar Wright, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Ti West. This programming wave might be the best yet. Here’s the final list of films being screened this year.
Agfa presents The Astrologer hosted by Nicolas Winding Refn
dir. Craig Denney, 96 min., United States
Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn hosts a rare screening of this unseen, long-lost exploitation masterpiece, recently rescued and restored by local non-profit The American Genre Film Archive.
Automata
United States, 2014
Us Premiere, 110 min
Director – Gabe Ibañez
In the post-nuclear apocalypse there will be robots, and insurance agents played by Antonio Banderas. He’s investigating an insurance claim on a faulty robot that leads to greater discoveries.
Agfa presents The Astrologer hosted by Nicolas Winding Refn
dir. Craig Denney, 96 min., United States
Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn hosts a rare screening of this unseen, long-lost exploitation masterpiece, recently rescued and restored by local non-profit The American Genre Film Archive.
Automata
United States, 2014
Us Premiere, 110 min
Director – Gabe Ibañez
In the post-nuclear apocalypse there will be robots, and insurance agents played by Antonio Banderas. He’s investigating an insurance claim on a faulty robot that leads to greater discoveries.
- 9/11/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Please tell me you know about Fantastic Fest. If not, this isn’t the first article you should be reading, it’s the last. Here are the final events and films that will be a part of the greatest film festival known to man.
Austin, TX – Wednesday, September 10, 2014 – Fantastic Fest celebrates its 10th Anniversary with its biggest year yet with 80 exciting films including 22 World Premieres, 43 North American & Us Premiere screenings and 38 short films. The finalwave includes Horns, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Hive, It Follows, Everly, Open Windows and guests Joe Lynch, Liv Corfixen & Nicolas Winding Refn, Edgar Wright, Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Alfonso Gomez- Rejon, and David Robert Mitchell. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
“We promised that our tenth anniversary was going to be the most deranged yet and I’m proud to say...
Austin, TX – Wednesday, September 10, 2014 – Fantastic Fest celebrates its 10th Anniversary with its biggest year yet with 80 exciting films including 22 World Premieres, 43 North American & Us Premiere screenings and 38 short films. The finalwave includes Horns, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Hive, It Follows, Everly, Open Windows and guests Joe Lynch, Liv Corfixen & Nicolas Winding Refn, Edgar Wright, Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Alfonso Gomez- Rejon, and David Robert Mitchell. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
“We promised that our tenth anniversary was going to be the most deranged yet and I’m proud to say...
- 9/10/2014
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
In 2014 Fantastic Fest celebrates its 10th Anniversary with its biggest year yet, and the final wave includes Horns, The Town that Dreaded Sundown, The Hive, It Follows, Everly, Open Windows, and lots more!
With 80 exciting films including 22 World Premieres, 43 North American and Us Premiere screenings, and 38 short films, Fantastic Fest 2014 is an event you don't want to miss! It takes place September 18-25, 2014, in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
Special guests include Joe Lynch, Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn, Edgar Wright, Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Alfonso Gomez- Rejon, and David Robert Mitchell.
From the Press Release:
"We promised that our tenth anniversary was going to be the most deranged yet, and I'm proud to say we've delivered on that promise," says festival founder Tim League. "Not only have we compiled our biggest slate of exceptional genre films, but the chaos we've embraced for...
With 80 exciting films including 22 World Premieres, 43 North American and Us Premiere screenings, and 38 short films, Fantastic Fest 2014 is an event you don't want to miss! It takes place September 18-25, 2014, in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
Special guests include Joe Lynch, Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn, Edgar Wright, Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Alfonso Gomez- Rejon, and David Robert Mitchell.
From the Press Release:
"We promised that our tenth anniversary was going to be the most deranged yet, and I'm proud to say we've delivered on that promise," says festival founder Tim League. "Not only have we compiled our biggest slate of exceptional genre films, but the chaos we've embraced for...
- 9/10/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Fantastic Fest today announced the third and final wave of programming for this year’s genre film event, which takes place in Austin, Texas, Sept. 18-25. The films added to the schedule for the festival’s tenth anniversary bash include the Daniel Radcliffe-starring Horns, the Elijah Wood-starring Open Windows, and the Ryan Murphy-produced The Town That Dreaded Sundown, a remake of the 1975 horror movie of the same name whose trailer was also released Wednesday. Another new, not-to-be-missed addition: director David Gregory’s documentary Lost Soul—The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, which...
- 9/10/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
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