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#22293992 at 2025-01-05 02:45:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27270: Winter Storm Warning over DC Edition
Why Is Hollywood Suddenly Silent About Trump?
Outside of 'The Apprentice,' it's been an eerie quiet.1/2
SteveN ZEITCHIK January 3, 2025
The digs at Hollywood were blunt and unusual.The Apprentice starswere mad - stunned - that so few of their peers would engage with them.
"People have been afraid to touch this film, to be seen as complicit in the film, to support the film, to publicly endorse the film and certainly to show the film on a streaming platform," Jeremy Strong, who plays Roy Cohn in the independently financed Donald Trump origin story, told me recently.
"But the role of storytelling is to hold up a mirror. It's not to make people feel comfortable. It's not simply to entertain. It is to hold feet to the fire.
"I can't think of a subject more relevant to what all of us are living through," he added."Not to be embraced by the industry has been really hard."His co-star Sebastian Stan was almost as pointed.
"When it comes to artistry and creativity, we have to be able to protect free speech.It shouldn't be selective free speech," Stan, who plays Trump, told THR soon after calling out colleagues for shunning him on Variety's Actors on Actors."It should be free speech on all fronts. We can't get normalized about what we can and can't talk about."
Something strange has been happening to The Apprentice, which despite acute timeliness and an 83?percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoeshas been willed away by the industry. Most distribution execs wouldn't touch it; actors won't talk about it. The film shows how Cohn's bare-knuckle approach shaped a young Trump. Andwhether entertainers fear validating Trump's relevance or worry about repercussionsfor seeming critical of his power, they've sidestepped the subject. What if they made a movie about Roy Cohn and everyone was afraid of a blacklist?
(Journalists do not seem to feel the same: The Golden Globes nominated both Stan and Strong.)
Such a reception metaphorizes current Hollywood. After deploying every weapon to stop Trump from regaining the White House - letting loose every Beyonc? performance, George Clooney op-ed and Taylor Swift endorsement - the industry has pretty much gone Harold Lloyd-silent since he won.
Yes, Mark Hamill has said that "we get the leaders we deserve," and indeed, Billie Eilish noted Trump wages "a war on women."But most contemporary stars haven't made a sound since Nov.?5.No Jennifer Lawrence "Do not let this defeat you - let this enrage you!" as after the 2016 election, no Robert De Niro commentary ("a real racist") as he was fond of making last time. Back then, Steve Levitan derided "Trump's lies," and Barry Jenkins swore at Trump and his immigration policy from the National Board of Review stage.
Awards season is celebrities' access lane to politics. Yet at the starting gate of an eight-week sprint, no frenzy awaits at the turn.
Before the 2017 inauguration, Meryl Streep told the Globes that seeing Trump imitate a disabled reporter "broke my heart" before passionately decrying his toxicity. Stranger things have happened, but such speeches do not seem on tap for the upcoming show.
The truest comment about Trumpof late is from the man no one is listening to: Stan's "we can't get normalized about what we can and can't talk about."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/hollywood-silence-trump-1236098171/
#19744818 at 2023-10-16 03:55:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24244: Night Shift Battle Ship Blues Edition
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rielle Lever, Agent, CAA
Zachary Levi, Actor
Ben Levine, Partner, Link Entertainment
Michael Levine, Co-head, CAA Sports, Creative Artist Agency
Ashley Levinson, Producer
Steve Levitan, Writer/EP
Alexandra Levy, Writer
David Levy, Partner, WME Entertainment
David Levy, Founder and CEO, Back Nine Ventures
Marcus Levy, Agent, WME
Richard B. Levy, Managing Director, Executive Talent Management, P.C.
Michelle Lewis, Executive Director/Songwriter, SONA
Micha Liberman, President, Mind Meld Arts
Chuck Liddell, UFC Hall of Famer
Marc Lieberman, President, Above Average Productions
Sean Liebowitz, Agent, CAA
Sydney Lipsitz, Chief of Staff, CAA
Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Music, Range Media Partners
Steve Lobel, CEO, LMG
Jonathan Lomma, Lawyer, WME
Alexandria Longo, Director of PR/Publicist, Blended Strategy Group
David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Co.
Jonathan Lonner, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.
George Lopez, Comedian/Actor
Amy Lord, CEO, Eris Talent Agency
Dean Lorey, Showrunner
Bryan Lourd, CEO, CAA
Richard Lovett, Co-Chairman, CAA
Doug Lucterhand, Agent
Kris Lythgoe, TV Producer
Nigel Lythgoe, President, Nigel Lythgoe Productions
Meghan Mackenzie, Agent, WME
Ben Maddahi, SVP A&R, Columbia Records + President, Unrestricted Publishing & Mgmt
Allysa Mahler, Partner, WME
Melissa Malkin, Literary Manager, BEP
Howie Mandel, Comedian
Jamie Mandelbaum, Co-President, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein
Chris Mann, Singer/Actor
Gabriel Mann, Composer/Producer
Daniel March, Managing Partner, Dynamic Television
Vanessa Marcil, Actress
Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA
Ashlee Margolis, Founder, The A List
Susan Markheim, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company
Rob Markus, Talent Agent, WME
Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide
Ziggy Marley, Musician
Rebecca Marlis, VP, Publicity, Interscope Records
Ori Marmur, VP, Original Studio Film, Netflix
Chris Marrs, Writer / Producer
Sarah Martin, Senior Legal Counsel EMEA, WME
John Mass, President, Content Partners, LLC
Nancy Matalon, VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group
Andrew Mathes, Partner, WME
Austin Matloff, Coordinator, Broadway Video
Arielle Matza, Associate Attorney, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.
Haim Mazar, President, Haim Mazar Music, LLC
David Mazouz, Actor
Rebecca Mazouz, Assistant, Plan C Productions
Michel J. Mazouz MD, Physician
Paul McCrane, Actor
Judith McCreary, Executive Producer, Griot, Inc
Allison McGregor, Agent, CAA
Deborah McIntosh, Agent, WME
Michael McKean, Actor
AJ McLean, Music Artist, Backstreet Boys
David McMillan, TV writer/producer
Barry McPherson, Partner/Executive VP of Talent, IAG
Brian Medavoy, Partner, More Medavoy Management
William Mercer, Partner, Thruline Entertainment
Debra Messing, Actor
Tom Miceli, Agent, WME
Adam Milch, Writer/Producer
Daniel Miller, President, Ironbound Films, Inc.
Rina Mimoun, Warner Brothers
Arika Mittman, Showrunner/Executive Producer
Mike Mizanin, WWE Personality
Alfred Molina, Actor
Jordana Mollick, President and Co-Founder, Semi-Formal Productions
Carolyn Moneta, Partner, WME
Tony Morales, Composer
Erwin More, Founding Partner, More/Medavoy Management
Jessica Morgulis, Talent Manager, Authentic
Marcy Morris, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein
Rob Morrow, Actor
Meg Mortimer, Partner and Manager, Authentic Talent and Literary Management
Michele Mulrooney, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Ryan Murphy, Writer/Director/Producer
Talia Myers, Agent, UTA
DJ Nash, Creator/Executive Producer, A Million Little Things
Chen Neeman, Songwriter, Chen Neeman Music
Brie Neimand, SVP Current, Cable and Streaming, CBS Studios
Noah Nelson, Writer, Gumballs and Stickers
Paul Nelson, Manager, Mosaic
Lauren Neustadter, President, Film & TV, Hello Sunshine
Eric Newman, Film and TV Producer
Robert Newman, Agent, WME
Alan Nierob, Chairman, Entertainment, RCPMK
Amaury Nolasco, Actor
Sharona Nomder, Morse Artists
Howard Nuchow, Co-Head, CAA Sports
Lisa Nupoff, Manager, IMIN Music
Annette O'Toole, Actress,
Mike O'Malley, Actor/Writer
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Actress
Julie Oh, Film Producer, OhCo
Michael Ohoven, Producer, CEO, Infinity Media
Peter Oillataguerre, Head of Production
Jim Osborne, CEO, Independent Artist Group
#5755251 at 2019-03-18 18:16:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7361: We Are At WAR Edition
>>5755194
"Who walks to work from Beverly Hills?" Candreva said with a laugh. He recalled a morning when he was at Murdoch's house, checking his security system.
"He said, 'Hey, sit down and have breakfast with us,'" Candreva said. "He's just a phenomenal person, he really is. It was him and the bodyguard ... and I am sitting there. And, of course, what did he want to discuss? Politics."
In liberal-leaning Hollywood, there are plenty of detractors who disagree with Murdoch's politics and resent Fox News' influence in American politics.
Last summer, Steve Levitan, co-creator of the hit ABC show "Modern Family" (a Fox production), wrote in a Twitter message that he was "disgusted" to be part of a corporate family with Fox News.
"I do not remotely share Rupert's politics, but he was an excellent boss of a creative operation because creativity involves risk, and Rupert understood risk," said Tom Rothman, a former Fox movie chief who now is chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group. "And I admire him for that."
Rothman and other Fox veterans credit Murdoch for encouraging them to take risks. And, they say, his conservative politics didn't influence programming decisions - unlike at his publications and Fox News.
"Rupert was never a micromanaging boss," said Chernin, who worked with Murdoch from 1989 to 2009.
His rebellious spirit infused the company's DNA.
"He was fun, he was wild, and he really wanted to do bold things," Chernin said. "If you presented him with a plan, Rupert would say, 'Great, let's do it.'"
His appreciation for storytelling and controversy was honed as a youth and during his early career when he was a newspaper editor, several people said.
"Fox has always had a pugnacious attitude," Landgraf said. "And Rupert is not someone who operates out of fear. He really believes in the value of making bets. We are not a box company."
Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons," said he's grateful for Murdoch's support for his show, the longest-running scripted series in prime time. Other networks wouldn't have touched such an unorthodox cartoon, he said. The mogul even voiced the animated Rupert Murdoch character, introducing himself in one episode as "the billionaire tyrant."
"He was a good sport. He liked the show, so that was a help," Groening said. (Disney will own "The Simpsons," but the show will continue to air on Fox.)
Murdoch shrugged off problems that might have rattled others. When the budget for James Cameron's epic "Titanic" was ballooning, Murdoch told Chernin: "Don't let it overwhelm you. Keep your head down and keep going."
He had strong opinions, and he made them known. At the 2002 Super Bowl in New Orleans, Murdoch was frustrated that Fox network programmers hadn't ordered a TV show that his daughter in London, Elisabeth, had recommended. "What's going on with that show?" Murdoch demanded. He ordered his lieutenants to buy the rights and told them not to change the format. It became Fox's biggest hit, "American Idol."
Murdoch didn't hide his disdain for the film business.
"Murdoch was always railing against Hollywood in our weekly meetings with all the heads of the company," said Bill Mechanic, who ran the Fox movie studio in the mid-1990s. "He'd attack me or the movie business. He said, 'You guys never take any chances.' That was crazy, considering the movies I was making."
Bob Greenblatt, who is now chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment, worked at Fox in the early 1990s when he was a young TV executive.
"He would come in and talk about what shows he liked, or what shows he didn't like," Greenblatt said. One particular show, "Party of Five," about five siblings trying to make it after their parents were killed by a drunk driver, didn't escape Murdoch's critique.
"He would be like, 'Let's get rid of it; the ratings are terrible,'" Greenblatt recalled. "But everyone else was so fervent about keeping the show. Rupert never stood in the way of decisions like that. He let us do our jobs."
Murdoch's career began unexpectedly in 1952 upon the death of his father, a respected Australian newspaper editor. Sir Keith Murdoch controlled two newspapers, but one was sold - over Rupert's objections - to satisfy tax obligations. (Rupert's mother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, was 103 when she died in 2012.)
Murdoch, then 22, returned from Oxford University (where he kept a bust of Lenin in his room to cultivate a rebel image) to run the Adelaide News, earning the nickname "boy publisher." He would thunder around town in a bulky American car with a Great Dane named Webster.
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