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The Past 24 Hours: February 1, 2016

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Screen-Actors-Guild-Awards-logoThe SAG Awards Winners, Highlight Clips, Social Media Captures – All Here
The Gist: The highlights and best moments of the SAG Awards this past weekend are all here, including tweets from peers and video clips from the show. A one-page view of the winners, in all categories, is here.
Source Article Here: Today
Author: Embry Roberts

O.J. 1977 People CoverThe Making Of ‘O.J.: Made In America’
The Gist: Separate from the FX event series premiering tomorrow, this is a look at the complicated making of the 8-hour documentary ESPN has made on the life of O.J. Simpson that will premiere on the network this coming June.
Source Article Here: Yahoo! Finance via Business Insider
Author: Jason Guerrasio

 

birth of a nationSundance Film Festival 2016 Winners
The Gist: Here are the 35 winners from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, all on one page. Also, to see video panels (Chelsea Handler, Norman Lear, Lena Dunham) and assorted Q&A video sessions, and the closing ceremony itself, click right here.
Source Article Here: Sundance Institute

grease-live logp‘Grease: Live’ Reviewed
The Gist: It was no small task putting a 1950s-set theater piece on the small screen; here’s a review of what worked and what didn’t. Also included: the full clip of Vanessa Hudgens, whose father died less than a day before the broadcast, performing ‘There Are Worse Things I Could Do.’
Source Article Here: A.V. Club
Author: Caroline Siede

collegedropout“God’s dream… Never speak on kids again…” – Kanye West’s Apology
The Gist: It wasn’t of global importance when Kanye West’s intended takedown last week of Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose (and their son) reversed into social media jaw-drops, but it was a #WTF moment in Twitter feuds. Here’s Kanye’s apology.
Source Article Here: The Grio
Author: Blue Telusma

 

 

I hate spunk clipThe Best Comedy Set-Ups & Riffs From The 20th Century to the 21st
The Gist: A one-page look at some of popular entertainment’s best comedy bits and moments over the course of the last century, with something for everybody.
Source Article Here: Vulture
Author: Jesse David Fox

 

The Past 24 Hours: January 14, 2016

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computer writeChange Your Act. Change Your Audience – Career Tips For The New Reality
The Gist: As traditional career moves & strategies become disrupted, here’s experts’ advice on keeping it moving – and your career thriving.
Source Article Here: Forbes
Author: William Arruda

 

ninasimoneNina Simone: “You Didn’t Know Which Way She’d Go”
The Gist: An interview with Liz Garbus, director of the current Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary about Nina Simone, What Happened, Miss Simone?
Source Article Here: Screen Daily
Author: Jeremy Kay

 

Alan RickmanHow Alan Rickman Turned The Action Genre Upside-Down
The Gist: Rickman, whose death at 69 was announced today, had never been in a film before his star-making turn in Die Hard – and what a career-launching turn it was.
Source Article Here: Vulture
Author: Adam Sternbergh

digital publishingDigital Publishing: Meet Your Audience & Innovate…Or Else
The Gist: With $140 billion being spent on digital advertising, many outlets want to set up shop for a piece of it – but not all digital publishers are up to the task, and here’s why…..
Source Article Here: Talking New Media
Author: Antoine Boulin

Miguel AlmaguerBroadcast News: The Top 6 Topics – By Airtime – Of 2015
The Gist: Winter weather was 2015’s biggest story by airtime minutes, ahead of the economy – which placed last. Andrew Tyndall crunched the coverage minutes by each broadcast network, and the Top 5 news correspondents.
Source Article Here: TV Newser
Author: Mark Joyella

thr-logo.png2016 National Magazine Awards Finalists
The Gist: The American Society of Magazine Editors nominated 67 media outlets across 21 categories this year. See the categories, which magazines nabbed noms –and for which stories – as well as the nominees for magazine of the year.
Source Article Here: WWD
Author: Alexandra Steigrad

 

Oscar2The 88th Academy Award Nominations Announced
The Gist: Here’s the nominees in all categories.
Source Article Here: Oscars.org

 

FLASHBACK READ

LA WeeklyA Silver Lake Family’s Descent Into The Jonestown Massacre
The Gist: This cover story from 2008, From Silver Lake To Suicide, chronicles one Los Angeles family’s tragic deception, ending in the Nov. 1978 mass murder-suicide of 918 people, via cyanide-laced fruit punch, in Guyana.
Source Article: LA Weekly
Author: Barry Isaacson’