It’s funny that both of Jerry Seinfeld’s movies have been pegged to such high-concept premises, as the sitcom legend famously built his brand with a show about nothing. In fact, that might be the funniest thing about them. First came 2007’s deeply strange “Bee Movie,” in which Seinfeld — who produced, starred in, and co-wrote the project — voiced a honeybee who starts getting hot for a human florist. Now comes Seinfeld’s directorial debut, a sketchy and surreal business parody that re-imagines the rush to invent the Pop-Tart as if the rivalry between Post and Kellogg’s were as crucial to the future of western civilization as the Space Race or the Manhattan Project.
It’s the perfect streaming comedy for anyone who felt that “Oppenheimer” had too many laughs.
Why would an aging billionaire spend two years of his life — and an ungodly amount of Netflix’s money...
It’s the perfect streaming comedy for anyone who felt that “Oppenheimer” had too many laughs.
Why would an aging billionaire spend two years of his life — and an ungodly amount of Netflix’s money...
- 5/3/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Who Owns What? Top Investors Shuffle Their Securities Holdings in the Media and Entertainment Sector
At a time when many investors were sitting on the sidelines, some well-known strategic spenders made massive bets on media and tech companies last year. To get a better sense of where the largest money managers like Warren Buffett have sizable ownership stakes, look no further than the annual flood of Schedule 13D and 13G reports.
For those outside of the inside-baseball world of corporate finance: Forty-five days out from the end of the year, companies are required to have filed 13D and 13G disclosure forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are required for investors who amass 5% or more of a company’s total stock issue. Starting with this primer on how to monitor big-dollar investment bets, Variety will offer an a quarterly survey of how the media and entertainment sector is faring among the world’s most sophisticated stock pickers.
The significance of these annual filings...
For those outside of the inside-baseball world of corporate finance: Forty-five days out from the end of the year, companies are required to have filed 13D and 13G disclosure forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are required for investors who amass 5% or more of a company’s total stock issue. Starting with this primer on how to monitor big-dollar investment bets, Variety will offer an a quarterly survey of how the media and entertainment sector is faring among the world’s most sophisticated stock pickers.
The significance of these annual filings...
- 3/8/2023
- by Jennifer Maas and Heidi Chung
- Variety Film + TV
German director Roland Emmerich made "The Noah's Ark Principle" in Germany in 1984 -- a student film with a budget of over a million Deutschmarks -- and never looked back. He quickly helmed two English-language family films, followed by a move into the worlds of action and science fiction in the 1990s. The peak Emmerich movie is probably still "Independence Day," although his other action and disaster movies -- "The Day After Tomorrow," "2012," "White House Down," and "Moonfall" -- are the connoisseur's choices.
Emmerich (both wisely and unwisely) stretches himself into other genres -- such as the war movies "The Patriot" and "Midway," and the historical dramas "Anonymous" and "Stonewall." It's good to see him pushing himself, taking risks, and experimenting, even if the end results are mixed, to say the least. But he excels at big-budget action movies, and if he's given actors blessed with the necessary star quality to build his beautiful disasters around,...
Emmerich (both wisely and unwisely) stretches himself into other genres -- such as the war movies "The Patriot" and "Midway," and the historical dramas "Anonymous" and "Stonewall." It's good to see him pushing himself, taking risks, and experimenting, even if the end results are mixed, to say the least. But he excels at big-budget action movies, and if he's given actors blessed with the necessary star quality to build his beautiful disasters around,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Fiona Underhill
- Slash Film
A man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering an 11-year-old Navajo Nation girl in 2016 was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, according to multiple media reports.
The case drew national attention to the Amber Alert laws on American Indian reservations.
Tom Begaye Jr., 28, also a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced Friday for the crimes against 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike by U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson in the U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to the Associated Press, NBC News and the Albuquerque Journal.
Federal officials arrested Begaye last...
The case drew national attention to the Amber Alert laws on American Indian reservations.
Tom Begaye Jr., 28, also a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced Friday for the crimes against 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike by U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson in the U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to the Associated Press, NBC News and the Albuquerque Journal.
Federal officials arrested Begaye last...
- 10/23/2017
- by Madison Rossi
- PEOPLE.com
Rarely do you get a public moment that elicits the amount of shock, confusion, and joy as the one that occurred last night when it turned out that Moonlight and not La La Land had won the Oscar for Best Picture. But the telecast could not show the complete range of perplexed celebrities. Luckily, other cameras were present. This morning, a Los Angeles Times photo is making the rounds that documents the wide-eyed reactions of the front row. Matt Damon, Busy Philipps, and Michelle Williams looked dumbfounded. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson somehow managed the perfect eyebrow raise.
Epic La Times photo.
Meryl’s face.
The Rock’s face.
Salma’s face.
Michelle Williams’ face.
Damon’s face.https://t.co/WftqNDOXyf pic.twitter.com/L3NSF1OpJQ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2017
Meanwhile, Deadspin snagged a clip from ABC’s backstage live feed, which tracked the Moonlight cast and crew as...
Epic La Times photo.
Meryl’s face.
The Rock’s face.
Salma’s face.
Michelle Williams’ face.
Damon’s face.https://t.co/WftqNDOXyf pic.twitter.com/L3NSF1OpJQ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2017
Meanwhile, Deadspin snagged a clip from ABC’s backstage live feed, which tracked the Moonlight cast and crew as...
- 2/27/2017
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
As Savages begins, Blake Lively informs us just because she's telling us this story it doesn't mean she's alive. Considering we don't know her character in the slightest the dramatic effect of that statement is nil. She then introduces us to her two drug-dealing boyfriends with whom she shares a living space and her body.
First there's Chon (Taylor Kitsch), a former Navy Seal back from Afghanistan with Ptsd and plenty of marijuana seeds. Then there's Ben, the opposite of Chon in that he's a peaceful drug dealer who uses a lot of the money they make to help children in Africa. The difference between the two is rather obvious, but Lively, playing Ophelia (or O as she likes to be called) -- a name I'm sure doesn't need any further explanation -- proceeds to discuss their differences as she talks, and talks, and talks over the first 15 minutes or so,...
First there's Chon (Taylor Kitsch), a former Navy Seal back from Afghanistan with Ptsd and plenty of marijuana seeds. Then there's Ben, the opposite of Chon in that he's a peaceful drug dealer who uses a lot of the money they make to help children in Africa. The difference between the two is rather obvious, but Lively, playing Ophelia (or O as she likes to be called) -- a name I'm sure doesn't need any further explanation -- proceeds to discuss their differences as she talks, and talks, and talks over the first 15 minutes or so,...
- 7/6/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We've seen plenty of movies about the Mexican drug cartel but not with a female as the head mafioso or in this case mafiosa with Salma Hayek in Oliver Stones' Savages.
Looking like Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction, Salma's kingpin character wages war with small-time American dope dealers played by Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Battleship) once again playing a character with military training, in this case an ex-Navy seal. Benicio del Toro and this year's Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life) play her henchmen while Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively are caught in her web. And speaking of Pulp Fiction, John Travolta and Uma Thurman co-star in the Oliver Stone film.
Based on Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel, Ben (Johnson) and Chon's (Kitsch) shared girlfriend is kidnapped by Elena's Baja cartel when they
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Looking like Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction, Salma's kingpin character wages war with small-time American dope dealers played by Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, Battleship) once again playing a character with military training, in this case an ex-Navy seal. Benicio del Toro and this year's Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life) play her henchmen while Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively are caught in her web. And speaking of Pulp Fiction, John Travolta and Uma Thurman co-star in the Oliver Stone film.
Based on Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel, Ben (Johnson) and Chon's (Kitsch) shared girlfriend is kidnapped by Elena's Baja cartel when they
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- 4/9/2012
- CineMovie
Get More: Emile Hirsch, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Johnson, Uma Thurman, Salma Hayek, John Travolta, Movie Trailers, Movies Blog
Okay, sure, the idea of Blake Lively in a menage a relationship with Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson is pretty hot. So is the sun-soaked world of California pot farmers, Mexican wrestling masks and an extremely random cameo from John Travolta. Based on the trailer for Oliver Stone‘s new crime thriller Savages, however, if we do end up seeing this movie, it will be due entirely to the presence of Salma Hayek. Well, Salma and Salma’s bangs. 60% Salma + 40% Salma’s bangs = 100% fierceness.
In the action flick due out July 6, Hayek stars as Elena, the leader of a drug cartel who kidnaps Lively as a way to manipulate Kitsch and Johnson into submitting to her flawless power. Benicio Del Toro costars as an actor who is lucky enough...
Okay, sure, the idea of Blake Lively in a menage a relationship with Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson is pretty hot. So is the sun-soaked world of California pot farmers, Mexican wrestling masks and an extremely random cameo from John Travolta. Based on the trailer for Oliver Stone‘s new crime thriller Savages, however, if we do end up seeing this movie, it will be due entirely to the presence of Salma Hayek. Well, Salma and Salma’s bangs. 60% Salma + 40% Salma’s bangs = 100% fierceness.
In the action flick due out July 6, Hayek stars as Elena, the leader of a drug cartel who kidnaps Lively as a way to manipulate Kitsch and Johnson into submitting to her flawless power. Benicio Del Toro costars as an actor who is lucky enough...
- 4/5/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
We recently named the firm Obscura Digital one of the top ten innovative companies in advertising and marketing, but their work really puts traditional advertising to shame. Obscura first worked the festival circuit, creating immersive experiences with domes and multiple projectors. Now, by developing a proprietary technology, the group can project any image onto any shaped object, which means they can build massive human-sized touch screens and turn buildings into interactive billboards. "We build everything from scratch," says director of interactive media, Nikolai Cornell, which could mean fabricating reflective monitors, designing gaming pods, using Flash and 3D modeling programs, and building systems of sensors that allow multi-touch holographic interaction. The result are immense temporary experiences that help consumers visualize and better understand the products of its clients. It's like Minority Report, but bigger. Much bigger. And also it's real.
One of Obscura's best known projects, iGoogle Artist Themes involved turning...
One of Obscura's best known projects, iGoogle Artist Themes involved turning...
- 4/8/2009
- by Alissa Walker
- Fast Company
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