EcoLuxe Lounge Goes Green for Emmy Awards
There are Emmy suites and then there are environmentally-friendly soirees, like the eagerly anticipated one put on every season by Debbie Durkin at the penthouse of the Beverly Hilton hotel. The lounge utilizes the indoor/outdoor space with its stunning 360° views to feature green products and services for invited guests, who included legendary actors Dyan Cannon and Lou Ferrigno and Emmy nominees including Naomi Grossman, Miles...
Who Will Win the Streaming Wars? FX’s John Landgraf Has Some Predictions
Long-established as an industry thought leader, FX CEO John Landgraf is getting ready for the big change when Disney takes over the cable network he’s called home for about 17 years. Landgraf spoke last week at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit in a one-on-one conversation with Cynthia Littleton that touched on topics including the value proposition of a brand, diversity in front of and behind the camera, ratings and his...
Born to be Wild at ‘Mayans M.C.’ Premiere
Kurt Sutter was more than revved up for the premiere screening of his new FX outlaw crime drama, “Mayans M.C.” The creator of ”Sons Of Anarchy,” the epic seven-season motorcycle gang show from which “Mayans” is a spinoff, was introduced to a packed house Tuesday night at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood by FX Network CEO John Landgraf. “SOA,” which premiered in 2008 and remains the highest-rated series in FX history, was Sutter’s...
A Crazy Scene at ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Pre-Screening in Beverly Hills
“Crazy Rich Asians” is poised to take the box office by storm when it opens nationwide Wednesday. Based on the runaway 2013 bestseller by Kevin Kwan, it’s the first major studio film with an all-Asian cast since 1993’s “The Joy Luck Club.” So after a 25-year wait, the energy in the room was electric–with every seat in the house filled–as the Writers Guild’s Asian-American Writers Committee presented a pre-release screening...
It’s Expansion Time for the CW and Showtime
This week got off to a very strong start for two network presidents, the CW’s Mark Pedowitz and Showtime’s David Nevins. Their respective networks shared a day at TCA’s summer press tour held at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Pedowitz got the party started by discussing the network’s recent decision expanding to a sixth night on Sundays, adding two hours of primetime programming. He said the addition of a new night got a terrific reception...
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