Sean Penn: “My Article Failed.”
The Gist: An advance look at Penn’s interview with Charlie Rose this Sunday on 60 Minutes, regarding his meeting and interview with El Chapo.
Source Article Here: Yahoo
Author: Joi-Marie McKenzie

“Every chief creative secretly wants to be in Hollywood but isn’t…”
The Gist: An anonymous PR rep shares a point-blank overview of what brands and agencies still have to learn, from diversity to believing their own hype.
Source Article Here: Digiday
Author: Shareen Pathak

Roll ‘Em! – “Dumb and Dumber” Re-Cut As Oscar Bait Trailer
The Gist: Hilariously and seriously….from the acoustic guitar opening to the hopeful string section on the soundtrack, here’s Mashable’s re-cut of the Dumb and Dumber trailer if it were an Oscar-worthy drama.
Source Article Here: Esquire

The Management Structure That Backfired & Led To 18% of Staff Taking Buyouts
The Gist: A report on what happened at Zappos, the online shoe giant that long considered a beacon of work-culture, and why the attrition rate is now a whopping 30% annually.
Source Article Here: The Atlantic
Author: Bourree Lam

This Week’s Bestselling Books By Every Genre
The Gist: A comprehensive one-page list of the week’s bestselling books in all genres –from mass market, hardcover, and romance to graphic novels and children’s titles.
Source Article Here: Publishers Weekly

Screenwriters At Work: ‘Straight Outta Compton’
The Gist: Fresh off an Oscar nomination, the Straight Outta Compton screenwriting team break down their most challenging scene – alongside some completed pages – and how they made it work.
Source Article Here: Vulture
Authors: Jonathan Herman , Andrea Berloff and Stacey Wilson Hunt

 

“Most people who die from shark attacks pull themselves away from the shark…”
The Gist: Valerie Taylor’s work with her husband Ron Taylor filming sharks is legendary, and was instrumental in live footage for Jaws. Taylor, 80, shares how to survive a shark attack (be still), how a shark’s mouth is like a saw, and getting that footage.
Source Article Here: BBC

Married To The Job & Each Other
The Gist: From Steve and Nancy Carell to Michelle and Robert King (The Good Wife), here’s 5 couples with the best of both worlds in making media.
Source Article Here: Decider
Author: Olivia Armstrong

Flashback Read

The Disappearance of Mitrice Richardson
The Gist: She was a 24 year-old college graduate in Malibu one night before being jailed for not having the money to pay her meal tab. Released against her mother’s wishes after midnight, with no money, car, or phone, she was never seen alive by her loved ones again.
Source Article Here: Los Angeles Magazine
Author: Mike Kessler