Since its release 3 weeks ago, Furious 7, has been breaking one record after another at the box office, scoring the second-biggest worldwide opening of all time ($397.2 million) behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and recently has become the fastest to reach the $1 billion at the global box office. … Continue reading Is Cinema dying?
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The madness of The Dictator of Wadiya
Since his emergence on Channel 4 in 2000, Sacha Baron Cohen has entertained and shocked the world with his unpredictable antics, as he impersonated three distinct personalities: youth show host and wannabe rapper ?Ali G;? sexist, racist and homophobic Kazakhstan TV personality ?Borat;? and flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter ?Bruno.? His creations shared a similar … Continue reading The madness of The Dictator of Wadiya
Toront -3: Colin Firth, Javier Bardem…
9 am: An interview with Andrew Garfield Andrew has recently starred in the British film, Never Let Me Go, alongside Carry Mulligan and Kira Knightly. This young, solemn and articul...
Toronto -2 Ben Affleck, Ed Norton and 127 hours
8 am. Following a breakfast at Four Seasons hotel, the stars of the new Ben Affleck's film “The Town,” marched one by one to talk about it. There was Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner Rebecca ...
Toronto 1 –
I rushed to Marriott Yorkville hotel, where I checked in and dropped my packages. In my room, I found a gift bag from Warners, welcoming me in Toronto. It was nice, but I didn't’t have...
PI 2009 ends with a blast in a glitzy party courtesy of Vanity Fair
Project Involve fellows, glamorously dressed, arrived in their unglamorous cars to the Vanity Fair party in Western Hotel, Beverly Hills, where our short films would be screened, and th...
Project Involve (LA): An Evening with Editor Jon Poll
Jon has been in the Hollywood system, since 1982. After graduating from the USC film school, he wanted to direct, but for financial and practical reasons he ended up Editing, and he nev...
Project Involve: A screening, lunch and meetings at Fox studios
We were invited by Fox studios, in West LA, to attend a screening of a Fox film, “La Misma Luna”, and a lunch with the writer/producer Ligiah Villalobos and Fox’s Programming Vice presi...
Project Involve (LA): An evening with Line Producer Chris Stinson
Since we are now ready to embark on making our shorts, Line Producer, Chris Stinson, came to advice us on producing them. Chris talked about breaking down the budget, obtainin...
Project Involve (LA): An Evening with Casting Directors and Actors
This evening, Director Rodrigo Garcia (Nine lives, Sopranos), Actress Michelle Forbes (Kalifornia, Swimming with Sharks), Actor David Norona (Six feet under), and Casting directors Libb...