Showing posts with label Variety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Variety. Show all posts

Friday, July 3, 2015

Yawn. Didn't know it was still on...

July 03, 2015 The View , Variety 0 Comments
‘The View’ May Cut Rosie Perez, Nicolle Wallace in Latest Revamp (EXCLUSIVE) 

By Ramin Setoodeh, Jul. 2, 2015, Variety

ABC executives are finalizing a plan to reboot “The View” next fall, for the second consecutive year, with a flurry of changes that could include the departure of at least one of its regular hosts, Varietyhas learned.

While moderator Whoopi Goldberg will remain as the face of the struggling daytime talker, the future of two of her co-hosts, Nicolle Wallace and Rosie Perez, is in doubt. One or both women could be dropped because network execs are underwhelmed with their contributions to the show’s signature Hot Topics segment, which is expected to shift focus permanently toward more lighthearted celebrity fluff.

The changes come as instability behind-the-scenes at the show continues, say insiders, which probably isn’t what Disney/ABC Television Group president Ben Sherwood was hoping for when heshifted oversight of the program from ABC’s daytime division to its ABC News unit as part of a previous reboot effort that brought in Wallace and Perez last September.


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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Follow the money!

June 30, 2015 Brent Lang , Gay Movie Stars 0 Comments
Why Gay Movie Stars Are Staying Locked In The Closet

By Brent Lang, Jun. 29, 2015, Variety

There’s a vast and growing list of prominent gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender media and entertainment figures — just don’t count movie stars among them.

Celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, Caitlyn Jenner and Neil Patrick Harris have kicked open the closet door with little to no damage to their careers. In some cases, they’ve found themselves more in demand after revealing their sexual preferences or gender identification.

Yet there’s one glass ceiling that remains stubbornly resistant to cracks.

No A-list film actor has yet to come out publicly while at the pinnacle of his or her career. Sure, Jodie Foster gave an elliptical Golden Globes speech about being a lesbian, and out actors Ian McKellen and Zachary Quinto helped anchor the “X-Men” and “Lord of the Rings” series, and the rebooted “Star Trek” films, respectively. Yet despite their prodigious talents, none of them has the power to secure a greenlight on their name alone.

In some cases, business concerns, not personal comfort, lead to silence.


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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Mr. Angry White Guilt

June 27, 2015 Brent Lang , Michael Moore 0 Comments
Michael Moore: Gay Marriage Decision Ends Bad Week for 'Angry White Guys' 

By Brent Lang, Jun. 26, 2015, Variety

For Michael Moore, the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage provides the perfect capstone to a week that’s seen justices uphold the Affordable Care Act and South Carolina lawmakers call for the Confederate flag to be taken down at the state Capitol.

“It’s a very bad day for the angry white guy,” Moore joked during an interview with Variety shortly after gay marriage was legalized in all 50 states. “Already this week we’ve seen the Supreme Court uphold semi-socialized medicine that was put forward by a black president. We’ve seen the Confederate Flag being taken down at Walmart and at Nascar. Now they’re going to have to live in a world where two people of the same gender, that love each other, can get married.”

Moore, the documentary filmmaker behind “Fahrenheit 911″ and “Bowling for Columbine,” marveled at the speed with which attitudes on gay rights have changed. He noted that in 2004 gay marriage was a wedge issue during the presidential race and that President Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, two proponents of marriage equality, opposed same-sex unions when they ran for the White House in 2008.


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Friday, June 19, 2015

Did He Recommend That Actors Point Fingers And Say, "Bang!"?

June 19, 2015 Chuck Lorre , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Obama Addresses Gun Violence At Hollywood Fundraiser 

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By Ted Johnson, Jun. 18, 2015, Variety

Hours after delivering a statement on the shooting massacre of nine people at an historic church in Charleston, S.C., President Obama and a group of entertainment industry donors had a lengthy discussion about the roots of gun violence in the first of two Hollywood-centric fundraisers in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to an attendee who was present.

About 30 people attended the event at the Pacific Palisades home of Chuck Lorre, executive producer of “Two and a Half Men.” Tickets for what was billed as an intimate discussion with the president sold for up to $33,400 each, with proceeds going to the Democratic National Committee.

Among those attending were Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Perry, Conan O’Brien, UTA’s Jay Sures, Bob Broder, Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon and writer-producer James Burrows.

The attendee described the meeting, which lasted an hour and 15 minutes, as different from other events in that it offered an opportunity for Obama to have a “long, thoughtful” and serious discussion about issues, including gun violence and his presidency, in a much more “macro” sense than in other forums. The discussion about gun violence touched on gun laws, mental health and race, among other factors, the attendee said. Obama talked about being an optimist, especially about the country’s place in history.


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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Why do you think she picked Matt?

June 18, 2015 NAACP , Newsbusters 0 Comments
Variety Blasts NBC for Going ‘Way Too Easy’ On Rachel Dolezal 

By Kyle Drennen, Jun. 17, 2015, Newsbusters

In a Tuesday article, Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Andrew Wallenstein slammed NBC for its series of exclusive interviews with ex-NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal: “...the most absurd aspect of NBC News’ Dolezal Day was how straight-faced its interviewers sat as their subject grew loonier the more she spoke.” Dolezal sat down for a live interview with co-host Matt Lauer on Tuesday’s Today, a taped interview with MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, and another taped interview with Today co-host Savannah Guthrie that was aired on NBC Nightly News that evening.

Wallenstein observed:

Lauer and Harris-Perry somehow didn’t ask a single question that really challenged Dolezal, who was given free rein to self-mythologize a story that even the most sympathetic observer would have to concede is just begging for some tough questions. Instead, it was as if the sheer peculiarity of an eloquent woman professing to be black despite being born white had knocked them so off-balance that they might have been better off just standing there slack-jawed.

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