Category: media

The chairman of the country’s film censor board said, “We have approved it but there is a minor cut involving a gay moment. It is only one short scene but it is inappropriate because many children will be watching this movie.” So the Disney Company stopped the release of the film.

“For the vast majority of conservatives who work in entertainment, going to set or the office each day has become a game of avoidance and secrecy. The political closet is now a necessity for many in an industry that is among the most liberal in the country.”

“The way the Canadian industry is set up right now, we fund people to make work, but we don’t fund people to market work. If people don’t know a film is out there, and you’re not marketing it to them as American companies do, then you won’t get people to see it. It’s not that complicated, actually.”

The Disney Channel wants a hit like “Orange Is the New Black” or “The Walking Dead,” only not sexual and not horror, and for kids.

It’s on Netflix, but it’s really about theatre: “On the show, she plays Ms. Julie, who teaches a performing arts class to five puppet pupils. Over the debut season’s 13 episodes, Ms. Julie and celebrity guests (including Alec Baldwin, Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, Carol Burnett and David Hyde Pierce) inspire the eager young thespians to create and perform an original musical.”

Jill Soloway says, “Hiring a woman isn’t just about that one decision, but also committing to mentoring them throughout the process. ‘It’s not just about finding the person; it’s about protecting the person all the way through.'”

All topics are converging. Teen Vogue covers politics, The Atlantic covers pop culture – and Time, apparently, covers Amal Clooney in a way it thinks will appeal to Millennial women (but really, will it?).

Yeah, no. Just no. “I leap here to the defense of my noble former colleagues at this paper and others. People who see this movie unawares should be told that it’s fake news, and that it’s the obits themselves that are real news.”

“The Oscars really only have four spaces for best actress, because one is always reserved for Meryl Streep.”

How much is at stake in France’s upcoming elections has become evident again in recent weeks as controversy has erupted over the new arthouse film This Is Our Land (Chez nous). The political drama hit French screens in late February, just two months before the country chooses a new president.