Kristine Froseth is used to being the new girl. The New Jersey-born actress moved from Norway and back every few years for her father’s banking job, seesawing between friendships and cultures. Due to her nomadic lifestyle, she struggled to find herself during her formative years, she says, similar to her character Nan St. George in Apple TV’s The Buccaneers.
“I just wanted to fit in so desperately,” Froseth tells Rolling Stone. “So, I adapted to whatever people were doing. I was a chameleon.”
In The Buccaneers, whose finale dropped Dec.
“I just wanted to fit in so desperately,” Froseth tells Rolling Stone. “So, I adapted to whatever people were doing. I was a chameleon.”
In The Buccaneers, whose finale dropped Dec.
- 12/13/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Luis Felber’s life changed in January 2021 when a mutual friend set him up on a blind date with Lena Dunham. The Winchester, U.K.-born son of a North London Jewish businessman father and Peruvian painter mom, Felber was at first hesitant, having been in lockdown for most of the year, writing love songs on his iPhone for his group Atttawalpa.
“I wasn’t in a place where I was looking for love,” the 36-year-old musician explains, revealing he’d never seen an episode of “Girls,” though his mom and sister were big fans. “Covid wasn’t exactly the sexiest time to meet someone. We texted for two days before we hung out. We’re not one-word types… we throw our emotions at the phone and our fingertips
“Literally, the moment I met Lena I was infatuated with her. I just wanted to talk to her forever. I feel...
“I wasn’t in a place where I was looking for love,” the 36-year-old musician explains, revealing he’d never seen an episode of “Girls,” though his mom and sister were big fans. “Covid wasn’t exactly the sexiest time to meet someone. We texted for two days before we hung out. We’re not one-word types… we throw our emotions at the phone and our fingertips
“Literally, the moment I met Lena I was infatuated with her. I just wanted to talk to her forever. I feel...
- 9/9/2022
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
Early in Lena Dunham’s bittersweet Sharp Stick, which goes wide this week, two young women are treated, yet again, to their origin stories. Their mother, Marilyn (Jennifer Jason Leigh), believes in ritual. Treina (Taylour Paige) is the biological daughter of a stranger Marilyn met and befriended some years ago, who ran away with a Scientologist after giving birth, leaving the thirtysomething Marilyn — whose own chances at pregnancy were thought to be slim — to care for the young woman she’d grow to call her daughter. Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), meanwhile,...
- 8/6/2022
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a sweet centre to the latest film from Lena Dunham, which though it strains at the bounds of believability in terms of its set-up, nevertheless has a refreshingly up front approach and a lack of cynicism when it comes to its central character’s self-schooled sexual awakening.
How Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth) has remained so bright eyed and ignorant about the ins and outs of sex is the film’s biggest mystery. Surely she should have picked up something from her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh), whose idea of girl talk is to chat about her exes’ manhood, and social media influencer sister, Treina (Taylour Paige), who has all the right moves and all the wrong boyfriends? Nevertheless, while her mum is majoring in Boho chic and Treina wears the latest fashions, Sarah Jo, for reasons that are never adequately explained, appears to have inherited the wardrobe of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
How Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth) has remained so bright eyed and ignorant about the ins and outs of sex is the film’s biggest mystery. Surely she should have picked up something from her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh), whose idea of girl talk is to chat about her exes’ manhood, and social media influencer sister, Treina (Taylour Paige), who has all the right moves and all the wrong boyfriends? Nevertheless, while her mum is majoring in Boho chic and Treina wears the latest fashions, Sarah Jo, for reasons that are never adequately explained, appears to have inherited the wardrobe of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- 8/2/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Lena Dunham is back. Sharp Stick — the writer/director/actor’s follow to HBO series Girls and her first film since Tiny Furniture (2010) – opens in LA at Landmark’s renovated single-screen NuArt Theatre and at the Quad Cinema in NYC. It expands to 40 to 50 screens next weekend, heading to about 100 thereafter – a mix of AMC, Alamo, Laemmle and Harkins circuits and top U.S. arthouses.
Presales have been strong, said Utopia’s marketing and distribution VP Kyle Greenberg. A handful of showings with Dunham Q&As are sold out, natch. The film, which Utopia acquired out of Sundance, releases on PVOD August 16. Deadline review here.
Dunham writes directs, produces and stars with Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Sarah Jo (Froseth) is a sensitive and naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her disillusioned mother (Leigh) and influencer...
Presales have been strong, said Utopia’s marketing and distribution VP Kyle Greenberg. A handful of showings with Dunham Q&As are sold out, natch. The film, which Utopia acquired out of Sundance, releases on PVOD August 16. Deadline review here.
Dunham writes directs, produces and stars with Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Sarah Jo (Froseth) is a sensitive and naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her disillusioned mother (Leigh) and influencer...
- 7/29/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Simply put, Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” is a film about sex. But sex for a very naive, innocent, fearless, infertile, 26-year-old virgin woman is more than just sex, and the implications of the many encounters and decisions made by Sarah Jo (the luminous Kristine Froseth) on her journey of self-discovery can be dizzying in their sheer number and magnitude. Dunham, however, seemingly unperturbed by the vertiginous stakes of her creation, follows her heroine with inspiring patience and compassion, in a refreshingly loose and lo-fi film where each element gels so well with the others that it is hard to imagine the film didn’t simply emerge fully formed.
Continue reading ‘Sharp Stick’: Lena Dunham Talks Sex, Diane Keaton & Her Provocative New Coming Of Age Fairytale at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Sharp Stick’: Lena Dunham Talks Sex, Diane Keaton & Her Provocative New Coming Of Age Fairytale at The Playlist.
- 7/29/2022
- by Elena Lazic
- The Playlist
This review originally ran following the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Lena Dunham’s sophomore feature, “Sharp Stick,” opens with Taylour Paige doing a TikTok dance over a trap beat. In an ordinary era, this sequence might promptly set the entire auditorium abuzz at the film’s premiere: Dunham rubbing it in the faces of critics who have pestered her over lack of diversity throughout six seasons of her acclaimed HBO series, “Girls.” But this isn’t an ordinary era, as Covid-19 has for more than two years moved so much online.
After that opener, Dunham immediately retreats to the familiar territory of a nuclear family with two sisters and a single mother, a dynamic not foreign to those who saw her 2010 debut “Tiny Furniture.” As Paige’s Treina rehearses her moves, her sister, Sarah Jo, meekly holds the camera phone as their libertine, five-time-divorced mother,...
Lena Dunham’s sophomore feature, “Sharp Stick,” opens with Taylour Paige doing a TikTok dance over a trap beat. In an ordinary era, this sequence might promptly set the entire auditorium abuzz at the film’s premiere: Dunham rubbing it in the faces of critics who have pestered her over lack of diversity throughout six seasons of her acclaimed HBO series, “Girls.” But this isn’t an ordinary era, as Covid-19 has for more than two years moved so much online.
After that opener, Dunham immediately retreats to the familiar territory of a nuclear family with two sisters and a single mother, a dynamic not foreign to those who saw her 2010 debut “Tiny Furniture.” As Paige’s Treina rehearses her moves, her sister, Sarah Jo, meekly holds the camera phone as their libertine, five-time-divorced mother,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
[Editor’s note: The following story contains light spoilers for “Sharp Stick.”]
There’s been a lot of panic lately about whether or not Gen Z is having enough sex. Based on a few studies that first appeared in 2016, the handwringing headlines include BuzzFeed declaring Gen Z Is Having Less Sex Than Previous Generations, Newsweek asking What’s Driving Gen Z’s Aversion to Sex?, and The Guardian dubbing it Gen Z’s Sex Recession.
Gen Z encompasses those born between 1996 and 2012, making the youngest Zoomers 10 and the oldest 26 years old, which also means that the evolving reasons for this supposed downturn are mostly still conjecture. The Guardian suggests it’s a good thing, with a growing awareness around consent leading to a “quality over quantity” attitude. One study found a correlation between reduced alcohol consumption and reduced casual sex. Others have blamed helicopter parents.
As the unofficial documentarian of Millennial sexuality, especially as it pertained to young women with her hit HBO show “Girls,...
There’s been a lot of panic lately about whether or not Gen Z is having enough sex. Based on a few studies that first appeared in 2016, the handwringing headlines include BuzzFeed declaring Gen Z Is Having Less Sex Than Previous Generations, Newsweek asking What’s Driving Gen Z’s Aversion to Sex?, and The Guardian dubbing it Gen Z’s Sex Recession.
Gen Z encompasses those born between 1996 and 2012, making the youngest Zoomers 10 and the oldest 26 years old, which also means that the evolving reasons for this supposed downturn are mostly still conjecture. The Guardian suggests it’s a good thing, with a growing awareness around consent leading to a “quality over quantity” attitude. One study found a correlation between reduced alcohol consumption and reduced casual sex. Others have blamed helicopter parents.
As the unofficial documentarian of Millennial sexuality, especially as it pertained to young women with her hit HBO show “Girls,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Fans of “Felicity,” or at least those who watched or rewatched the beloved and very ’90s WB series during the pandemic, might be surprised to find Scott Speedman in not one, but two places on the big screen this summer.
First, while Neon’s marketing didn’t even suggest a cameo from the actor, Speedman really should have had top-adjacent billing in David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” as leader of a cell of evolutionists repurposing plastic as food for humans and evolving organs to be able to consume such plastics. Meanwhile, in Lena Dunham’s new feature “Sharp Stick,” out July 29, Speedman plays Vance Leroy, the object of the sexually precocious Sarah Jo’s (Kristine Froseth) coming-of-age obsession.
Call it a Speedman-aissance? The British-born, Silverlake-residing actor doesn’t mind the term, especially since in the last year the actor formerly known as mercurial lothario Ben on J.J. Abrams...
First, while Neon’s marketing didn’t even suggest a cameo from the actor, Speedman really should have had top-adjacent billing in David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” as leader of a cell of evolutionists repurposing plastic as food for humans and evolving organs to be able to consume such plastics. Meanwhile, in Lena Dunham’s new feature “Sharp Stick,” out July 29, Speedman plays Vance Leroy, the object of the sexually precocious Sarah Jo’s (Kristine Froseth) coming-of-age obsession.
Call it a Speedman-aissance? The British-born, Silverlake-residing actor doesn’t mind the term, especially since in the last year the actor formerly known as mercurial lothario Ben on J.J. Abrams...
- 7/27/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Many big projects in the works dropped new or first trailers this week, and we’ve rounded them all up in one handy post.
From movies to TV shows, the summertime rush is officially upon us. “Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 2 dropped its official trailer ahead of the final two episodes rolling out on Netflix on July 1, while other famous faces set to appear on big and small screens soon include Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch and Kevin Bacon. Oh, and Shawn Mendes is voicing an animated crocodile named Lyle.
We also got our first look at Lena Dunham’s new film “Sharp Stick” starring Kristin Froseth, and one last trailer for “Thor: Love and Thunder” dropped ahead of the Marvel movie’s release on July 8.
Let’s play some catch up.
Stranger Things 4 Volume 2
Since the end of May, “Stranger Things” fans have been clamoring for the final two episodes of...
From movies to TV shows, the summertime rush is officially upon us. “Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 2 dropped its official trailer ahead of the final two episodes rolling out on Netflix on July 1, while other famous faces set to appear on big and small screens soon include Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch and Kevin Bacon. Oh, and Shawn Mendes is voicing an animated crocodile named Lyle.
We also got our first look at Lena Dunham’s new film “Sharp Stick” starring Kristin Froseth, and one last trailer for “Thor: Love and Thunder” dropped ahead of the Marvel movie’s release on July 8.
Let’s play some catch up.
Stranger Things 4 Volume 2
Since the end of May, “Stranger Things” fans have been clamoring for the final two episodes of...
- 6/24/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Lena Dunham will return after a 12-year feature filmmaking hiatus with the semi-autobiographical, sex-filled and trauma-talking Sharp Stick, with the writer-director-star sharing the movie’s new red band trailer Thursday ahead of its summer release.
The movie trailer opens with protagonist Sarah Jo (played by Kristine Froseth) searching up porn for the first time, gearing audiences up for a story that navigates youth, sexuality, and womanhood. Dunham’s uncanny wit is apparent in the trailer’s glimpse into Jo’s life: The music mellows as Jo’s mother heartedly teaches...
The movie trailer opens with protagonist Sarah Jo (played by Kristine Froseth) searching up porn for the first time, gearing audiences up for a story that navigates youth, sexuality, and womanhood. Dunham’s uncanny wit is apparent in the trailer’s glimpse into Jo’s life: The music mellows as Jo’s mother heartedly teaches...
- 6/23/2022
- by Carys Douglas
- Rollingstone.com
Utopia on Thursday released the trailer for “Sharp Stick,” Lena Dunham’s dramedy that debuted to controversy at Sundance earlier this year.
The film, in theaters nationwide on Aug. 5 following a limited release on July 29, follows 26-year-old Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), a socially and sexually stunted caregiver living on the outskirts of Hollywood with her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and sister Treina (Taylour Paige). She longs for connection after a hysterectomy in her teenage years kept her from finding romance, and begins an affair with Josh (Jon Bernthal), the parent of the special-needs child she looks after, who is married to Heath, Lena Dunham’s character.
The film explores Sarah Jo’s sexual coming-of-age, a central conceit that has drawn controversy in its portrayal. Amy Gravino, an autism sexuality advocate who said Froseth asked her to be a consultant on the film before she was “ghosted,” said Sarah Jo’s...
The film, in theaters nationwide on Aug. 5 following a limited release on July 29, follows 26-year-old Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), a socially and sexually stunted caregiver living on the outskirts of Hollywood with her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and sister Treina (Taylour Paige). She longs for connection after a hysterectomy in her teenage years kept her from finding romance, and begins an affair with Josh (Jon Bernthal), the parent of the special-needs child she looks after, who is married to Heath, Lena Dunham’s character.
The film explores Sarah Jo’s sexual coming-of-age, a central conceit that has drawn controversy in its portrayal. Amy Gravino, an autism sexuality advocate who said Froseth asked her to be a consultant on the film before she was “ghosted,” said Sarah Jo’s...
- 6/23/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Marking her first feature since Tiny Furniture (now more than a decade old), Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick debuted at Sundance to an expectedly divisive response. A nakedly honest, humorously messy, and overall daring look at a young woman’s journey as a caregiver who then embarks on an affair with her married employer, it pulls no punches. Led by Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Dunham herself, the film will now roll out starting next month––ahead of her next feature, the medieval comedy Catherine, Called Birdy this fall––and the first trailer has arrived.
Michael Frank said in his review, “Dunham pulls out committed performances across the film, each performer finding laughs in sometimes meaningless dialogue; Froseth is strong, though restricted by the one-lane nature of Sarah Jo. This cast put together a special blend of comedic abilities,...
Michael Frank said in his review, “Dunham pulls out committed performances across the film, each performer finding laughs in sometimes meaningless dialogue; Froseth is strong, though restricted by the one-lane nature of Sarah Jo. This cast put together a special blend of comedic abilities,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"I'm trying to understand how this could've happened to me... Am I bad at sex?" Utopia has revealed an official trailer for the film Sharp Stick, a body-positive, sex-positive indie drama from filmmaker Lena Dunham (she last directed the film Tiny Furniture in 2010). This premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mixed reviews, exploring the same kind of topics also covered in Palm Trees & Power Lines and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old girl living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power. When it ends with him, she decides to explore all aspects of sex and pleasure, as a way of growing up. Kristine Froseth stars as Sarah Jo, with Jon Bernthal,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Sharp Stick” is here to beat the “inborn judgment and shame around female desire” out of a stigmatized culture.
So says writer, director, and star Lena Dunham, who helms her sophomore feature that debuted at Sundance this year. “Sharp Stick” centers on caregiver Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), who strikes up an affair with her married boss Josh (Jon Bernthal). Yet when Josh returns to his wife Heath (Dunham), Sarah Jo is thrown into a tailspin of self-exploration and sexual healing. Watch the trailer for the film below.
“It’s a joke as old as celluloid that the minute we spot a sexually active girl in a horror movie, we know she’s going to die in a blood death,” Dunham said in a statement on the film. “She’s let someone touch her below the neck, and so she’s marked for murder. But there’s a more subtle crime...
So says writer, director, and star Lena Dunham, who helms her sophomore feature that debuted at Sundance this year. “Sharp Stick” centers on caregiver Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), who strikes up an affair with her married boss Josh (Jon Bernthal). Yet when Josh returns to his wife Heath (Dunham), Sarah Jo is thrown into a tailspin of self-exploration and sexual healing. Watch the trailer for the film below.
“It’s a joke as old as celluloid that the minute we spot a sexually active girl in a horror movie, we know she’s going to die in a blood death,” Dunham said in a statement on the film. “She’s let someone touch her below the neck, and so she’s marked for murder. But there’s a more subtle crime...
- 6/23/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
In 2015, the body of 7-year-old Seth Johnson was found on a mattress with vomit stains inside his parents’ Plymouth, Minnesota, home. A medical examiner determined that Seth succumbed to sepsis, which ravaged his emaciated body for several weeks after his appendix ruptured.
Last month, child neglect charges were filed against Timothy and Sarah Johnson, who adopted Seth in 2010 when he was 3. This week, the Johnsons were no-shows for a bail hearing in Minnesota’s Hennepin County. Why? Police allege they’re halfway around the world in New Zealand, where they’ve been for weeks.
Here are five things to know about the case.
Last month, child neglect charges were filed against Timothy and Sarah Johnson, who adopted Seth in 2010 when he was 3. This week, the Johnsons were no-shows for a bail hearing in Minnesota’s Hennepin County. Why? Police allege they’re halfway around the world in New Zealand, where they’ve been for weeks.
Here are five things to know about the case.
- 2/2/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
A Minnesota couple faces child neglect charges after allegedly failing to seek medical attention for their 7-year-old adopted son, who died two years ago from sepsis after having pancreatitis.
People confirms that Timothy and Sarah Johnson learned last week they would each be charged with one count of child neglect resulting in substantial bodily harm stemming from the death of Seth Johnson, the boy they adopted in 2010.
Criminal complaints against both parents allege the Plymouth couple denied Seth the medical treatment that would have saved his life, instead researching his symptoms online and diagnosing him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
They...
People confirms that Timothy and Sarah Johnson learned last week they would each be charged with one count of child neglect resulting in substantial bodily harm stemming from the death of Seth Johnson, the boy they adopted in 2010.
Criminal complaints against both parents allege the Plymouth couple denied Seth the medical treatment that would have saved his life, instead researching his symptoms online and diagnosing him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
They...
- 1/5/2017
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Birdman executive producer Sarah Johnson has filed a $70m lawsuit against Worldview Entertainment.
Johnson filed the suit on March 12, claiming that the company behind the Oscar-winning film misused her investments and lied to her about its financial situation for years.
She says that this has caused her to lose around the sum of $20 million, and as a result is seeking $70m in damages for a total of 28 counts of alleged mismanagement, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The executive producer has made investments to Worldview since 2011, for projects including Welcome to the Punch, The Immigrant and Devil's Knot.
The suit claims that the company "made repeated representations to Plaintiff regarding the status of her investments in order to induce her to make continued financial contributions to the Worldview Film Funds".
It is also alleged that former CEO Christopher Woodrow and Maria Cestone told Johnson that she would receive a 20% return on her investments,...
Johnson filed the suit on March 12, claiming that the company behind the Oscar-winning film misused her investments and lied to her about its financial situation for years.
She says that this has caused her to lose around the sum of $20 million, and as a result is seeking $70m in damages for a total of 28 counts of alleged mismanagement, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The executive producer has made investments to Worldview since 2011, for projects including Welcome to the Punch, The Immigrant and Devil's Knot.
The suit claims that the company "made repeated representations to Plaintiff regarding the status of her investments in order to induce her to make continued financial contributions to the Worldview Film Funds".
It is also alleged that former CEO Christopher Woodrow and Maria Cestone told Johnson that she would receive a 20% return on her investments,...
- 3/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Welcome to the March 19, 2015 edition of Outrage Watch, HitFix's (almost) daily rundown of all the things folks are peeved about in entertainment. Today's top story: Ellen DeGeneres is on board with Elton John's Dolce and Gabbana boycott while Zoe Saldana...isn't, apparently. "No! Not at all," she told E! News on the GLAAD Awards red carpet when asked if she would be boycotting the designers after the two came out against gay adoption and in vitro fertilization in an interview with Italian magazine Panorama. "That would be the stupidest thing if it affected my fashion choice...People are allowed to their own opinion, however, I wouldn't have chosen to be so public about something that's such a personal thing." The "Avatar" actress added later: "Obviously it caused some sensitivity, but then again if you continue to follow the news, you see they all kinda hugged it out, so why...
- 3/23/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has sold key territories at the Efm on its rom-com.
The rom-com starring Emma Greenwell and Tom Hughes screens in the market on February 9 and has gone to Japan (The Klockworx Co), Australia and New Zealand (Pinnacle Films) and Portugal (Cinemundo).
Deals also closed in the Middle East (Gulf Film), Israel (Forum), South Africa (Blue Reign), Iceland (Myndform) and Captive for airlines.
Writer-director Vivienne de Courcy makes her feature film debut on the story about an Irish girl from the countryside who takes on British high society in a celebrated flower show.
Rebecca O’Flanagan produced Dare To Be Wild with Robert Walpole, while Sarah Johnson and Chloe Kassis Crowe served as executive producers.
“Buyers at Efm have truly embraced this uplifting and gorgeously shot film which is based on the true story of Mary Reynolds, a garden designer from Ireland who went on to win the gold medal in garden...
The rom-com starring Emma Greenwell and Tom Hughes screens in the market on February 9 and has gone to Japan (The Klockworx Co), Australia and New Zealand (Pinnacle Films) and Portugal (Cinemundo).
Deals also closed in the Middle East (Gulf Film), Israel (Forum), South Africa (Blue Reign), Iceland (Myndform) and Captive for airlines.
Writer-director Vivienne de Courcy makes her feature film debut on the story about an Irish girl from the countryside who takes on British high society in a celebrated flower show.
Rebecca O’Flanagan produced Dare To Be Wild with Robert Walpole, while Sarah Johnson and Chloe Kassis Crowe served as executive producers.
“Buyers at Efm have truly embraced this uplifting and gorgeously shot film which is based on the true story of Mary Reynolds, a garden designer from Ireland who went on to win the gold medal in garden...
- 2/9/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The former CEO has struck back in an escalating war and filed a $55m lawsuit against Worldview and its principals, citing breach of fiduciary duty and defamation and seeking to liquidate the company.
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
- 10/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The former CEO has struck back in an escalating war and filed a $55m lawsuit against Worldview and its principals, citing breach of fiduciary duty and defamation and seeking to liquidate the company.
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
- 10/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
“Birdman” producer Worldview Entertainment was sued on Wednesday by its former CEO Christopher Woodrow, who is seeking $55 million and liquidation of the company. Worldview principals Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson and Molly Conners were named in the lawsuit. It follows a lawsuit that accused the former CEO of embezzlement. The legal mess around the independent film company comes the very week that Oscar contender “Birdman,” released by Fox Searchlight, debuts in theaters. Woodrow is an executive producer on the film. Woodrow exited the company in May 2014 in circumstances that have never been clarified. Also read: Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow Exits Amid Cloud.
- 10/15/2014
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Days after Worldview Entertainment, one of the the investors behind the much acclaimed feature Birdman, sued its ex-ceo over embezzlement, Christopher Woodrow today struck back with his own lawsuit alleging damages of potentially more than $55 million lawsuit.
“Defendants breached their fiduciary duty to Plaintiff by engaging in a plan designed to dilute and deny Plaintiff’s interest in Worldview and damaged the value of Worldview to Plaintiff,” says the wide-ranging multi-claim filing in NY State Supreme Court this morning (read it here). “By reason of the foregoing breaches of fiduciary duty, Plaintiff has been damaged in an amount in excess of $30,000,000 with the precise amount to be determined at trial.”
There’s more based on the messy and public way Woodrow’s departure from Worldview was handled earlier this year and statements the company made about him, including court allegations that he used the place as a personal bank.
“Defendants...
“Defendants breached their fiduciary duty to Plaintiff by engaging in a plan designed to dilute and deny Plaintiff’s interest in Worldview and damaged the value of Worldview to Plaintiff,” says the wide-ranging multi-claim filing in NY State Supreme Court this morning (read it here). “By reason of the foregoing breaches of fiduciary duty, Plaintiff has been damaged in an amount in excess of $30,000,000 with the precise amount to be determined at trial.”
There’s more based on the messy and public way Woodrow’s departure from Worldview was handled earlier this year and statements the company made about him, including court allegations that he used the place as a personal bank.
“Defendants...
- 10/15/2014
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline
When the body of pregnant Brittany Royal was found in the waters off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island last May, her boyfriend Boaz "Bo" Johnson went missing and immediately became the chief suspect in her strangulation murder. But a search for Johnson, 22, came up empty. Then strange anonymous signs posted on trees and a handwritten note to a local newspaper suggested he, too, was murdered in a business dispute. "If he isn't the murderer, that means he's dead," his sister, Sarah Johnson, told People shortly before the holidays. "So what do we have to look forward to?" This week...
- 1/22/2014
- by Mike Fleeman
- PEOPLE.com
Jehane Noujaim's "The Square" edged out Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" to emerge as the big winner of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards! The documentary about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution also beat Jason Osder's "Let the Fire Burn," Gabriela Cowperthwaite's "Blackfish," and Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell" for the prize.
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
- 12/8/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jehane Noujaim’s Egyptian Revolution doc “The Square” led the winners of the International Documentary Association's annual awards, which were announced last night at a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America theater in Los Angeles. The film -- which was shortlisted for an Oscar last week -- beat out Joshua Oppenheimer’s "The Act of Killing," Jason Osder’s "Let the Fire Burn," Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s "Blackfish," and Sarah Polley’s "Stories We Tell" for the prize. All but "Fire" also made Oscar's top 15. Here's a full list of winners: Best Feature Award The Square Director: Jehane Noujaim Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals Best Short Award Slomo Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films,...
- 12/7/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Not a bad week for Jehane Noujaim’s film about Egyptian activists battling the establishment. The Square scored the Best Feature trophy tonight at the 29th annual Ida Documentary Awards, three days after it made the Oscar shortlist. The film, which also is up for a Spirit Award, is the first documentary picked up by Netflix. Other winners announced at the ceremony hosted by Paul Provenza at DGA headquarters in Los Angeles included Slomo for Best Short, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Continuing Series and CNN’s Morgan Spurlock-hosted Inside Man for Best Limited Series. Alex Gibney, who won an Oscar for Taxi To The Dark Side and was nominated for Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, received a Career Achievement Award. Here is the full list of winners at the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards, presented by the International Documentary Association: Career Achievement Award Alex Gibney Ida Amicus Award...
- 12/7/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
This is a tough awards season! Lots of great movies to see, so little time! I'm catching up like crazy before we vote for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the Broadcast Film Critics Association. So I apologize if I haven't updated you with the latest on the awards season 2013-2014! And there were many award-giving bodies announcing nominations.
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
- 12/2/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Variety is reporting that Image Entertainment has scooped up the distribution rights to Atom Egoyan’s crime thriller Devil’s Knot. Image, a division of Maryland-based Rlj Entertainment, plans to release the film next year in the second quarter.
Synopsis:
Worldview Entertainment's dramatic crime thriller Devil's Knot, filmed in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area under the direction of Atom Egoyan, stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth with a screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, and Clark Peterson produced Devil’s Knot alongside Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone, and Hoyt David Morgan executive produced alongside actual defendants Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Devil’s Knot is a Fowler-Saperstein-Peterson Production.
Following the release from prison of the West Memphis Three, after nearly 20 years of incarceration, Hollywood was abuzz with plans to develop the teen trio's...
Synopsis:
Worldview Entertainment's dramatic crime thriller Devil's Knot, filmed in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area under the direction of Atom Egoyan, stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth with a screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, and Clark Peterson produced Devil’s Knot alongside Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone, and Hoyt David Morgan executive produced alongside actual defendants Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Devil’s Knot is a Fowler-Saperstein-Peterson Production.
Following the release from prison of the West Memphis Three, after nearly 20 years of incarceration, Hollywood was abuzz with plans to develop the teen trio's...
- 10/7/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
When darkness falls over Gotham City we know where Batman will be: cruising in the Batmobile, whipping his cape around and saving Katie Holmes lookalikes from impending doom. But what does Batman do with his downtime?
Finally we get a sneak peek of Batman's life off the clock thanks to these hilarious animated GIFs from Sarah Johnson. "Ordinary Batman Adventures" feature some of Batman's less glamorous moments. We see the Caped Crusader replacing the kitty litter, reading the box of Honey Nut Cheerios and even taking the time to soak in a bubble bath. The animated sketches show that superheroes really are just like us, except apparently they never take off their capes. (Perhaps they took a page from Tobias and are never nude?)
Enjoy this look at Batman as the everyday man. We highly recommend imagining Christian Bale's raspy voice muttering in the background. Who's ready for "Dark Knight Rises" this summer?...
Finally we get a sneak peek of Batman's life off the clock thanks to these hilarious animated GIFs from Sarah Johnson. "Ordinary Batman Adventures" feature some of Batman's less glamorous moments. We see the Caped Crusader replacing the kitty litter, reading the box of Honey Nut Cheerios and even taking the time to soak in a bubble bath. The animated sketches show that superheroes really are just like us, except apparently they never take off their capes. (Perhaps they took a page from Tobias and are never nude?)
Enjoy this look at Batman as the everyday man. We highly recommend imagining Christian Bale's raspy voice muttering in the background. Who's ready for "Dark Knight Rises" this summer?...
- 4/9/2012
- by Priscilla Frank
- Huffington Post
Splashnews.com, BauerGriffin.com
A top forensic expert listened to Mel’s intensely racist and abusive rants to Oksana Girgorieva and revealed that the audio files have been edited and were professionally made!
The authenticity of Mel Gibson’s leaked rants have been the topic of discussion but HollywoodLife.com can now Exclusively confirm that these audio files are not 100% authentic. We spoke to Arlo West, CEO of Creative Forensic Services, best known for his work on the Natalee Holloway case, who reveals the audio rants between Mel and his ex-girlfriend Oksana Girgorieva have been tampered with.
“These copies were professionally made for distribution,” says forensic audio and video expert, Arlo. “Their quality is extraordinary … I would be willing to bet that someone with a background in recording these types of messages helped Oksana do so to entrap Gibson. I would also expect that a person or persons also helped her edit the recordings.
A top forensic expert listened to Mel’s intensely racist and abusive rants to Oksana Girgorieva and revealed that the audio files have been edited and were professionally made!
The authenticity of Mel Gibson’s leaked rants have been the topic of discussion but HollywoodLife.com can now Exclusively confirm that these audio files are not 100% authentic. We spoke to Arlo West, CEO of Creative Forensic Services, best known for his work on the Natalee Holloway case, who reveals the audio rants between Mel and his ex-girlfriend Oksana Girgorieva have been tampered with.
“These copies were professionally made for distribution,” says forensic audio and video expert, Arlo. “Their quality is extraordinary … I would be willing to bet that someone with a background in recording these types of messages helped Oksana do so to entrap Gibson. I would also expect that a person or persons also helped her edit the recordings.
- 7/14/2010
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
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