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Jeff Bridges accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his staggering 70-year career in Hollywood at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday. Upon his arrival on stage, Bridges jokingly channeled his iconic character, the Dude from The Big Lebowski before launching into a heartfelt tribute to his esteemed parents, Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Bridges “If I was the Dude from The Big Lebowski, he would say, ‘This is just like, your opinion, man.’” said Bridges. “Today is my dad’s birthday. I wouldn’t be up here without my dad, he’s the reason I’m up here. I can remember loving him so much. And as a kid, I said ‘I’m not sure if I want to be an actor’. [And my dad] goes, ‘What are you talking about? Don’t be ridiculous. Be an actor. You’re going to get to tell all these wonderful stories, from all these different perspectives of people that are alive. My mother… she was the best actor of the bunch. [They were] so supportive.” Bridges, in awe of his long … [Read more...] about Jeff Bridges Pays Tribute To His Family,  Peter Bogdanovich And Beautiful “Lifetime” Of “Telling Stories”

Jeff Shuter , the motion comics director and producer behind projects for Viacom and MTV whose credits include motion comics for Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Stan Lee’s Time Jumper and an adaptation of Invincible based on the comic book series, died in Chicago on Nov. 10 after suffering a traumatic brain injury. His death was announced by his family and his friend Ryan Maldonado today ahead of a private memorial service in Los Angeles this Saturday. After graduating from Northwestern University in 2003, Shuter moved to Los Angeles, where he co-founded Gain Enterprises, through which he and co-founder Dan Viney helped develop motion comics technology at a time when smartphones were becoming ubiquitous and studios began developing content for mobile devices. Motion comics, also called animated comics, combine elements of print comic books and animation, with individual comic panels depicted along with voice acting, sound effects and sometimes additional animation. … [Read more...] about Jeff Shuter Dies: Producer Of Motion Comics For “Invincible” & “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” Was 41

With advertising trends front and center for Wall Street and industry players in the current crop of media earnings , Comcast’s NBC Universal was one of the first to weigh in. NBCU CEO Jeff Shell said the market steadily  worsened over the course of last year but “it kind of feels like it bottomed out around late November, early December, and really since then it hasn’t gotten worse, and maybe even a little better.” He said he’d describe it as a “shallow” market with areas “that are better, actually really doing well, like pharma, entertainment, travel is on fire” and other that “feel uncertain” like weak tech, auto and financial services. Speaking on a post-earnings conference call, he said it feels like the weakness is due more to macroeconomic uncertainty than to businesses not doing well. “None of us know where the economy is headed, so advertisers are holding back, and when they do advertise, they are coming in later than usual. He predicted the market “is … [Read more...] about NBCU’s Jeff Shell Says Ad Market May Have “Bottomed Out”

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said the company is always eyeing possible deals to bolster its business, citing the $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation in 2016 and Universal’s partnership with Blumhouse Productions . Shell jumped in Thursday after Comcast president Mike Cavanagh noted new deals have a high hurdle versus investing in existing operations. The execs were asked about M&A on a post-earnings conference call, with particular reference to World Wrestling Entertainment. Vince McMahon, WWE ’s majority owner and newly returned executive chairman, is looking to sel l, with Comcast considered a logical buyer. WWE Network programming has been popular on Peacock and helped drive subscriber acquisitions since the service took exclusive U.S. streaming rights in 2021. Shell didn’t address WWE but said the conglom led by Brian Roberts would be opportunistic. And with a market cap of $6.45 billion, WWE is not a mega-deal. “We are always looking … [Read more...] about NBCU Chief Jeff Shell Says Comcast Open To “Bolt-On” Deals, Cites DreamWorks Animation Acquisition, Blumhouse Venture

EXCLUSIVE : Rock and roll fantasy camp could be heading to the small screen. Fox is developing single-camera comedy Rock Camp from The Goldbergs co-exec producer Steve Basilone , Jeff Rowe , director of the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem film, and David Fishof , founder of Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp. The project follows a down on his luck rock star, who after a series of screw-ups, begrudgingly goes to teach at Rock Camp — a summer camp where anyone can live out their fantasy of shredding next to their favorite rockers — in order to satisfy a court mandate and save his reputation. Basilone, who has also written on Community and The Michael J. Fox Show , will write and will exec produce alongside Rowe, who also wrote The Mitchells vs. the Machines, and Fishof. Fishof started Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp after having worked with Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey, The Monkees, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. He launched it in 1997 and has … [Read more...] about Fox Drums Up ‘Rock Camp’ Comedy In The Works From Steve Basilone, Jeff Rowe & David Fishof

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Tobler , Array ’s Chief Marketing Officer, is joining Expedia Group as Head of Global Media Relations. He will be responsible for leading communications strategy for the Expedia Brands, including Expedia, VRBO and Hotels.com. “We are thrilled to welcome Jeff to the Expedia Group team,” said Lauri Metrose, SVP, Expedia, Communications, Social Media and Influencers. “I have had the pleasure of knowing Jeff for a long time and I could not be more excited to have him join the team. His extensive experience and innovative approach to media relations will greatly enhance our already exceptional communications team as we embark on a dynamic year ahead at Expedia Group. We are excited for him to bring his talents to our organization and help us continue to tell impactful stories.” For the last two years, Tobler was responsible for marketing, press, social media, brand partnerships and promotions strategy for Ava DuVernay ’s award-winning narrative change … [Read more...] about Array’s Jeff Tobler Joins Expedia Group As Head of Global Media Relations

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said execs at the company and parent Comcast are “more confident” than they were a year or two ago that investments in streaming service Peacock will soon yield profits. How soon remains a bit unclear, however. “We’ve been clear from the start that we’re going to see a return on that investment — I think we feel better about that now based on where we are,” Shell said during Comcast’s fourth-quarter earnings call. The company said Peacock had passed 20 million subscribers by the end of 2022, more than double its size at the start of the year. It added 5 million subscribers in the quarter thanks to Spanish-language World Cup coverage as well as original programming, other live sports and the addition of first-window movie titles and NBC and Bravo series that used to go to Hulu. Over the rest of the year, CEO Brian Roberts said, “subscriber cadence will follow content launches, which will fall more heavily in the second half of 2023” than … [Read more...] about NBCUniversal And Comcast Execs “More Confident” Than They Were A Year Ago In Peacock Profit Outlook, Jeff Shell Says

Refresh for updates… Awards Season 2023 continues tonight with the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards being handed out in Los Angeles, and Deadline is updating the winners list live as they are announced. See all 41 categories spanning film and TV below. So far tonight, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story took the Acting Ensemble prize, awarded off-camera, and S.S. Rajamouli’s Indian smash RRR won Best Foreign Language Film. On the TV side, Amanda Seyfried repeated her Emmy and Golden Globe wins for Hulu’s limited series The Dropout . A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once comes into the Chelsea Handler-hosted evening with a leading 14 nomination s, including five for acting, with Steven Spielberg’s Universal pic The Fabelmans next with 11. Babylon and The Banshees of Inisherin have nine each. All are up for Best Picture, vying against Elvis, and the two highest-grossing films of 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick A spate of … [Read more...] about Critics Choice Awards Winners List – Updating Live

Sade Adu (better known simply as Sade), Alanis Morrisette’s longtime collaborator Glen Ballard, Snoop Dogg , Gloria Estefan , Electric Light Orchestra founder Jeff Lynne , New Jack Swing pioneer Teddy Riley, and Taylor Swift collaborator Liz Rose will become the latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization’s 52nd Annual Induction and Awards Gala. The event is set for Thursday, June 15 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Additional special award honorees will be announced soon. The hall announced the latest inductees today, with Chairman Nile Rodgers saying in a statement, “The music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first. Without them there is no recorded music, no concert business, no merch . . . nothing, it all starts with the song and the songwriter.” He added that the 2023 slate of inductees ” We are therefore very proud that we are continually recognizing some of the culturally most important … [Read more...] about Sade, Snoop Dogg And Gloria Estefan Among 2023 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductees

EXCLUSIVE : A new installment of Tron is coming back online. The Dish hears that Disney is in early negotiations to set Joachim Rønning to direct Jared Leto in Tron: Ares . The film is crewing up, eyeing an August start date in Vancouver. Deals aren’t complete yet, but this would mark the fourth collaboration between Disney and the Norwegian filmmaker who helmed Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He has wrapped for the studio the Daisy Ridley-starrer Young Woman and the Sea , about the daring journey of Gertrude Ederle, a New York teen who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Jeff Nathanson scripted it, and Jerry Bruckheimer produces with him. Now it’s on to the Disney sci-fi franchise, which began with the 1982 film that starred Jeff Bridges and was set inside the computer program called the Grid, where a computer hacker is abducted and forced to participate in gladiatorial games. The … [Read more...] about Disney Moving On ‘Tron: Ares’; Joachim Rønning In Talks To Helm Jared Leto In Sci-Fi Sequel: The Dish