MCN Curated Headlines Archive for March, 2019
“A staggering 4 percent of WGA members voted No, signaling a deep divide in the union and assuring that this aggressive and ill-timed action will indeed destroy the entertainment business and will most likely result in a majority of agents killing themselves.” -Deadline tomorrow
— Stephen Falk (@stephenfalk) March 31, 2019
Sure is. In a weird way, this creates the best conditions for a potential deal. There's no question now how the WGA membership feels. No need to lecture us anymore about why we should love packaging fees and agent-producers.
My hope is that a good deal is made, and quickly. https://t.co/uJ2bKO0PLR
— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) March 31, 2019
“During each of my three pregnancies, I considered naming the baby AGNES, as in Varda. Then I had three boys and opted for alternative ways to inject feminism and the history of radical filmmaking into their lives.”
Filmmakers Jennifer Reeder And Melika Bass on Agnès Varda
After watching a censored version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in which references to Freddie Mercury's sexuality have been removed, moviegoers in China left theaters determined to find out what they were missing https://t.co/bZg6SwJ2jU
— New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) March 30, 2019
David Puttnam calls for end to "one size fits all" approach to cinema release windows (exclusive) https://t.co/iD1yXy5ZaO pic.twitter.com/5fERpDXiwy
— Screen International (@Screendaily) March 30, 2019
Rest in peace, Agnès Varda.
Thank you for seven decades of perpetually influential and inventive work that has moved us deeply. pic.twitter.com/vKdWuP1WRy
— Film Society of Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) March 29, 2019
Just in case you've never seen this. pic.twitter.com/IC0saqlVA6
— Zach Winn (@ZachFromIthaca) March 24, 2019
J.J. Abrams Voices Support for Writers Guild in Battle Against Agents https://t.co/cbhP2zbx2w pic.twitter.com/lbOuOvgdV2
— Variety_Film (@Variety_Film) March 27, 2019
The US government is forcing a Chinese gaming company to unwind its acquisition of Grindr—which has access to user data that includes sexual preferences, geolocation, and HIV status—likely because it poses a national security risk https://t.co/kO0NMRQnzJ
— WIRED (@WIRED) March 27, 2019
The buyouts at DFM's Southern California News Group come after recently announced cutbacks at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Boulder Daily Camera – and after DFM said last year that it already had "ripped off the Band-Aid" after the Denver Rebellion. #AldenExposed @dfmworkers pic.twitter.com/qDDbhuFqf8
— Darren Carroll (@darrendcarroll) March 26, 2019
This is difficult. Words cannot express our sadness at the loss of our friend & brother. A loss to the world and to music certainly, but most keenly felt by those who loved him best. Deepest condolences to his family & to our Beat family worldwide. #RIPRogerRoger
sirlou
The Beat pic.twitter.com/S6CKKsccLY— The English Beat (@TheEnglishBeat) March 26, 2019
What's sticking in my brain from #AppleEvent: Oprah laid her uplift shtick on pretty thick, as if her AppleTV+ content will be a beacon of light shining thru today's dark times. Meshed with Apple's own anti-Facebook positioning in the marketplace as the ecosystem you can trust.
— Andrew Wallenstein (@awallenstein) March 25, 2019
…Apple could be calculating that anything but the briefest snippet of footage couldn't possibly meet expectations when you're at an event hyping up an all-star team of performers and creators. With unavoidably high risk for triggering bad buzz, better to keep the powder dry.
— Andrew Wallenstein (@awallenstein) March 25, 2019
In 2018 alone, Netflix spent at least $8 billion on new content.
— Euan Rellie (@euanrellie) March 25, 2019
One thought about Apple: The company's traditional vibe–nobody else has done this/this is a new way of experiencing things/we're first–is not a good fit for content creation. These are TV shows on a streaming service. If they're good, great. But this morning, the company…
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) March 25, 2019
Moral: When talent is there, let them run the show, pace the show, shape the show. They know what they're doing. And they know when "We're saving the most exciting stuff for last" slides into "While we have you captive, let us read you our credit card terms for 25 minutes."
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) March 25, 2019
So very sad to hear that Scott Walker has passed away, he was a huge influence on Radiohead and myself, showing me how i could use my voice and words. Met him once at Meltdown, such a kind gentle outsider. He will be very missed. https://t.co/v33Ey91hbn
— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) March 25, 2019
“There are really two types of laughter. There is the laughter of recognition—which means seeing things you’re familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there’s also hysterical laughter—a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us.”#HBD, Michael Haneke! pic.twitter.com/GhqC0w2H3m
— The Daily (@CriterionDaily) March 23, 2019
Proud to say #IStandWithTheWGA https://t.co/XEQQMHw0CE
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) March 23, 2019
https://t.co/VYQLQullhd pic.twitter.com/10MluYcCWp
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) March 23, 2019
New statement from @BarbraStreisand after her comments about the men who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse in “Leaving Neverland" drew serious backlash https://t.co/khUGAXjXVm pic.twitter.com/AEq1evsJrZ
— Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) March 23, 2019
This is what’s on my heart this morning. I believe and trust that Michael Jackson was and is A magnificent incredible force to me and to many others.
STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE— Ms. Ross (@DianaRoss) March 23, 2019
Barbra Streisand says Michael Jackson’s accusers were ‘thrilled to be there’ and his ‘sexual needs were his sexual needs’
“You can say ‘molested,’ but those children…both married and they both have children, so it didn’t kill them,” she said.https://t.co/Bt8Rxr5Jq3
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 23, 2019
“What John Hodge and I were doing, I thought, was really good. It wasn’t finished, but it could have been really good. We were working very, very well, but they didn’t want to go down that route with us. So we decided to part company, and it would be unfair to say what it was because I don’t know what Cary is going to do. I got a very nice message from him and I gave him my best wishes… It is just a great shame.”
Danny Boyle
“They’re really emotional about it. And the face-to-face contact was what a lot of people still wanted. And they were our friends. Not just our customers.”
Toronto’s Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Queen Video, Canada’s Oldest, Closing
Updated: @TucsonStar to halt presses; @azcentral will print #Tucson newspaper in Phoenix – Daily Star looking for new office just 1/10 the size; 60 jobs cuthttps://t.co/c0aHxKfcDW #Arizona pic.twitter.com/gms7QWNUs7
— Tucson Sentinel (@TucsonSentinel) March 22, 2019
Farewell, 20th Century Fox. Thanks for the cinematic memories: The Sound of Music, All About Eve, Alien, The Grapes of Wrath, Star Wars Episode IV and so many more. We will miss your fanfare. pic.twitter.com/u2phFwCVOM
— Senses of Cinema (@SensesofCinema) March 21, 2019
Disney Clarifies Film Leadership After Harrowing Day of Fox Layoffs https://t.co/QniLQ3aoG1 pic.twitter.com/ch7CoFdgJw
— Variety_Film (@Variety_Film) March 22, 2019
Amid the Deluge, Executives Of Twenty-Two Divisions Of Disney Listed