TECH-RIBUTION: “BEHIND THE CARTOONISH FACADE” IS SILICON VALLEY SURVEILLANCE HAPPY?
Surveillance teams to eavesdrop employee conversations when their off-site? Phone tracking your location after-hours? Examples of the alleged ways some of the majors in Silicon Valley safeguard leaking and intellectual property in 2018.
Source Artice Here: The Guardian
Author: Olivia Solon
IS ‘A WRINKLE IN TIME’ BEING “DROWNED OUT BY INDUSTRY NOISE”?
A children’s book classic being made decades after its publication via color-blind casting and a 21st Century take by a female director of color. The debate over ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ is as prevalent, if not more, than the experience of the film; here’s where the flashpoints are.
Source Article Here: Buzzfeed
Author: Alison Willmore
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND VS. FX and RYAN MURPHY PRODUCTIONS: “THE SHOW WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE IT LOOK AS IF I SAID THESE THINGS AND ACTED THIS WAY.”
Olivia De Havilland, 101, is a two-time Oscar winner who successfully fought the Studio System in 1943 by ending prohibitive actor contracts. Tomorrow begins the lawsuit based on her fictional portrayal in the FX series Feud; the defendants claim free speech.
Source Article Here: The Guardian via MSN
Author: Rory Caroll
#VIDEO BUZZ FLASHBACK: REMEMBERING CHICAGO’S ROBERT TAYLOR HOMES PROJECTS
The Robert Taylor Homes projects of Chicago, since torn down and now vacant land, were iconic in Chicago for reasons as diverse as the city. They were also home to thousands of people and communities over the decades. Here’s a video doc from last fall, under 10 minutes, from an artist remembering his childhood there.
Source Article Here: AV Club/AV Docs
Authors: Baraka Kaseko and Marah Eaki
MEDIA UPFRONTS & NEWFRONTS CALENDAR 2018: WHEN & WHERE
An interactive, printable calendar, searchable by category and network, of when and where the upfront and newfront presentations will be held in 2018.
Source Article Here: Cynopsis Media
PILOT SEASON: NETWORK & CABLE STATUS
Variety‘s updated Pilot Scorecard for the current pilot season, network and cable.
Source Article Here: Variety
Authors: Variety Insights Staff
#VIDEO BUZZ: “CALL ME BY YOUR TWINS”
The Arnold-Danny Twins is remixed to the tenor of Call Me By Your Name.
Source Here: Funny or Die
“I TOOK ALL THE HEAT – ALONE….THEY ALL TOOK OFF FOR THE HILLS.” – ANTHONY PELLICANO NOW
From an audio/electronics expert and expert gov’t witness, to a conviction on over 70 counts of wiretapping and racketeering, Anthony Pellicano’s trial in 2008 put the tawdry lengths of Hollywood fixing on the map. Pellicano, who’ll be released from prison in 2019, talks for the first time in 6 years.
Source Article Here: The Hollywood Reporter (February 14, 2018)
Author: James Andrew Miller