Revving Up Car Fans at the Jalopnik Film Festival
Hitting the road west to Los Angeles for its third annual edition, the Jalopnik Film Festival got off to a festive start at its opening gala event Friday night at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar. We’ve been to many events at Barker, but never a screening, and the massive screen set up for the enthusiastic audience was a perfect way to view “Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman,” a feature length documentary written and...
Meet 15 Remarkable Women on PBS’ ‘American Masters’
First, there was “The Black List,” then “The Latino List” and “The Out List.” Then there came “The Boomer List.” Now, director and producer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is coming out with a new documentary, ”The Women’s List.” The concepts for these films grew out of Greenfield-Sanders work as a photographer known for his strikingly intimate portraits of major cultural figures and world leaders, which can be seen in venues including the...
NBC Universal Pre-Emmy Celebration at Boa Steakhouse
Since 2004, this bash has established a low-key yet festive night before the Emmy Awards vibe for celebrating, schmoozing–and seafood. There is always a raw bar piled high with shrimp, oysters, crab and mussels, along with a full dinner buffet. And a sushi bar. But enough about the food. The guest list is made up of executives, producers and talent from NBCU shows and this year’s attendees included Bob Greenblatt, Amy...
Livin’ La Vida Loca with Ricky Martin at PaleyFest
The excitement was palpable and there was not an empty seat in the house as Ricky Martin took the stage at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills on the second night of PaleyFest, a celebration of the best in television. Martin was there–his first time at the festival– as the executive producer and one of the three judges of Univision’s upcoming musical competition show “La Banda,” which premieres Sunday, September 13 at...
Miley, Kanye, Taylor and Beyonce Head For MTV VMAs
Even as the stock market was crashing Monday, Van Toffler’s spirits were heading in the other direction. “This is my favorite week,” he told me by phone from New York, referring to the days leading into MTV Video Music Awards this coming Sunday. Toffler is an executive producer of the show who has worked on the VMAs since 1987, just three years after its inception, when Madonna set the standard for opening performances with her...
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