“The art was bold, powerful and colorful with a bit of a street vibe, so I knew that the house would need to radiate that same warmth and energy,” says 22 Interiors designer Lucie Ayres, recalling her first visit to the Spanish-style Studio City home of Benjy Grinberg — founder of Rostrum Records, one of rap’s biggest independent labels (Wiz Khalifa, Fat Nick) — and his wife, Ellen.
Client and interior designer had originally met in New York in 2003, soon after Grinberg had left Arista (where he’d worked under L.A. Reid) to found Rostrum Records. At the time, Ayres was designing the websites of musicians, including Mariah Carey and Nsync, making their first forays onto the web; it wasn’t until she moved to Los Angeles a few years later that she made the pivot to interior design. Grinberg had also found his way to the West Coast. The former...
Client and interior designer had originally met in New York in 2003, soon after Grinberg had left Arista (where he’d worked under L.A. Reid) to found Rostrum Records. At the time, Ayres was designing the websites of musicians, including Mariah Carey and Nsync, making their first forays onto the web; it wasn’t until she moved to Los Angeles a few years later that she made the pivot to interior design. Grinberg had also found his way to the West Coast. The former...
- 6/2/2024
- by Abigail Stone
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s enough pain on display in Jesse Eisenberg’s crackling comedy A Real Pain to keep numerous therapists busy for years. It’s a cavalcade of angst and agony, from the familial to the historical, with an occasionally quite bleak assessment of the human condition. Nevertheless, it’s also levitated by a truly joyful sense of humor that puts up a good fight against the story’s darker moments without trying to joke them into irrelevance.
The film starts with David (Eisenberg), a digital ad salesman, and his cousin, Benjy (Kieran Culkin), catching a flight from New York to Poland. The ostensible reason for their trip is to visit the childhood home of their grandmother, a recently deceased Holocaust survivor. But the immediately apparent subtext to the journey is a once-brotherly bond between the two that’s withered into a cool awkwardness. They seem to want to reconnect but have no idea how.
The film starts with David (Eisenberg), a digital ad salesman, and his cousin, Benjy (Kieran Culkin), catching a flight from New York to Poland. The ostensible reason for their trip is to visit the childhood home of their grandmother, a recently deceased Holocaust survivor. But the immediately apparent subtext to the journey is a once-brotherly bond between the two that’s withered into a cool awkwardness. They seem to want to reconnect but have no idea how.
- 1/27/2024
- by Chris Barsanti
- Slant Magazine
We all know that Mission: Impossible is about Ethan Hunt, the living manifestation of destiny. With mega-star Tom Cruise in the role, the character of Hunt became more important to the franchise than any of the leads of the original series, Jim Phelps, Dan Briggs (Steven Hill), or Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain). But for a little while, producers considered phasing Hunt out of the series, making him the new secretary of the Impossible Mission Force while Jeremy Renner’s William Brandt became the new team leader.
Those plans changed midway through the production of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol when Christopher McQuarrie came in to finish a script started by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. Although director Brad Bird had already started shooting scenes for Ghost Protocol, McQuarrie successfully argued that Hunt should remain the focus and could not be replaced.
This behind-the-scenes tension added a spark of electricity between Brandt and Hunt on screen.
Those plans changed midway through the production of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol when Christopher McQuarrie came in to finish a script started by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. Although director Brad Bird had already started shooting scenes for Ghost Protocol, McQuarrie successfully argued that Hunt should remain the focus and could not be replaced.
This behind-the-scenes tension added a spark of electricity between Brandt and Hunt on screen.
- 7/12/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Harvey Guillén’s Guillermo has had enough. After more than a decade of luring unsuspecting virgins to their doom, disposing of dead bodies, and waiting for his master, Nandor (Kayvan Novak), to turn him into a vampire, the familiar-turned-vampire hunter is taking matters into his own hands. Instead of waiting for Nandor to honor his promise to turn him into a blood-sucking child of the night, Guillermo plans to leave the manor in search of another vampire to do the deed. This fork in the road is where we find Guillermo at the end of the fourth season of What We Do in the Shadows. When Season 5 begins on July 13, could a new vamp be in town?
“We pick up right where we left off,” Guillén told Entertainment Weekly as part of his 2023 Pride cover interview. “Guillermo is done waiting for his turn. Guillermo is taking matters into his own hands.
“We pick up right where we left off,” Guillén told Entertainment Weekly as part of his 2023 Pride cover interview. “Guillermo is done waiting for his turn. Guillermo is taking matters into his own hands.
- 6/2/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Vera Farmiga to star in ‘The Corps’ (Wt) – Photo Courtesy of David Needleman
Netflix has given a series order to The Corps (the working title), based on Greg Cope White’s The Pink Marine memoir. Described as a comedic drama, the 10-episode season has Miles Heizer (13 Reasons Why), Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Max Parker (Vampire Academy), and Liam Oh (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s The Notebook) on board in starring roles.
Andy Parker (Tales of the City) is writing and will executive produce and serve as showrunner. Television icon Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Rachel Davidson, and Scott Hornbacher are also executive producing, with Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) attached to direct and executive produce the first episode. Greg Cope White is writing and producing.
Miles Heizer stars in ‘The Corps’
Netflix released the following description of The Corps along with the cast and characters:
Set in 1990, The Corps (Wt) is about Cameron,...
Netflix has given a series order to The Corps (the working title), based on Greg Cope White’s The Pink Marine memoir. Described as a comedic drama, the 10-episode season has Miles Heizer (13 Reasons Why), Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Max Parker (Vampire Academy), and Liam Oh (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s The Notebook) on board in starring roles.
Andy Parker (Tales of the City) is writing and will executive produce and serve as showrunner. Television icon Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Rachel Davidson, and Scott Hornbacher are also executive producing, with Peter Hoar (The Last of Us) attached to direct and executive produce the first episode. Greg Cope White is writing and producing.
Miles Heizer stars in ‘The Corps’
Netflix released the following description of The Corps along with the cast and characters:
Set in 1990, The Corps (Wt) is about Cameron,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Netflix has ordered a dramedy series inspired by the memoir “The Pink Marine” written by Greg Cope White, Variety has learned.
Currently titled “The Corps,” Netflix has given the show a 10 episode order. The official logline states, “Set in 1990, ‘The Corps’ is about Cameron, a bullied, gay high school student who joins the Marine Corps with his straight best friend, Ray — a dangerous move when being gay in the military meant jail time or worse. As these two friends plunge into Marine Corps boot camp, where the landmines are both literal and metaphorical, they join a platoon of young men on a harrowing journey of transformation.”
Miles Heizer will star as Cameron Cope. The character is described as “a charming underdog — a gay, bullied teenager living in a chaotic home with his narcissistic mom — he impulsively joins the Marines with his straight best friend in hopes that he’ll finally...
Currently titled “The Corps,” Netflix has given the show a 10 episode order. The official logline states, “Set in 1990, ‘The Corps’ is about Cameron, a bullied, gay high school student who joins the Marine Corps with his straight best friend, Ray — a dangerous move when being gay in the military meant jail time or worse. As these two friends plunge into Marine Corps boot camp, where the landmines are both literal and metaphorical, they join a platoon of young men on a harrowing journey of transformation.”
Miles Heizer will star as Cameron Cope. The character is described as “a charming underdog — a gay, bullied teenager living in a chaotic home with his narcissistic mom — he impulsively joins the Marines with his straight best friend in hopes that he’ll finally...
- 5/1/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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