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The Sundance Institute on Monday said that Fox Maxy is the recipient of the 2022 Merata Mita Fellowship , bolstering Indigenous women-identified artists in their efforts to mount a feature film. Maxy is a filmmaker and artist based in San Diego. Her work has screened at BAM CinemaFest, International Film Festival Rotterdam, imagineNATIVE Festival, MoMAs Doc Fortnight, LACMA, AFI Docs and the Camden Film Festival, among other places. Her first feature film, Watertight, is described as “a collection of interviews about mental health and suicide, interrupted by fake commercials, reality TV parodies, animations and archival footage.” The fellowship is named in honor of the late Merata Mita, one of the first Māori women to write and direct a dramatic feature film, who also served as an advisor and artistic director of the Sundance Institute ’s Native Lab from 2000-2009. Through it, Maxy will receive a cash grant and yearlong support, with access to the Sundance Film … [Read more...] about Sundance Institute Sets Fox Maxy As 2022 Merata Mita Fellow

CBS has renewed freshman drama CSI: Vegas , a sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series, for a second season to premiere during the 2022-2023 broadcast season. Season 1 of CSI: Vegas was led by the original series’ stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox . Petersen had only signed on to reprise his role as Gil Grissom in the initial 10-episode installment. He will not continue as an actor but will remain an executive producer for Season 2. According to sources, Fox’s contract allows her to continue as Sara Sidle if she chooses to, and the series’ producers are hopeful that she may come back. The pickup makes it four-for-four for CBS so far this season, with all of the network’s freshman scripted series that launched this fall getting extra orders — Season 2 pickup for CSI: Vegas, which was designed for a limited, serialized freshman run, and back/full season orders for dramas FBI: International and NCIS: Hawai’i as well as comedy Ghosts . CBS’ successful fall 2021 … [Read more...] about ‘CSI: Vegas’ Renewed For Season 2 By CBS; William Petersen Won’t Reprise Role, Jorja Fox May Return

As reporters were being whisked away from a White House meeting on Monday, Fox News ’ Peter Doocy shouted one last question to President Joe Biden . “Do you think inflation is a political liability …in the midterms?” Doocy could be heard asking. Biden then could be heard muttering, in a bit of sarcasm, “No, it’s a great asset. More inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch.” The reporters had been brought in to catch a portion of the meeting and Biden’s remarks to his Competition Council, an event on Monday devoted to discussing ways to reduce costs and boost wages. “Our economy shouldn’t be about people working for capitalism, if should be about capitalism working for people,” Biden said. As is typical, reporters shouted questions at Biden at the end of his remarks. He answered one, and then White House “wranglers” began to clear the correspondents from the room. That is when Doocy and CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe shouted more questions. Doocy later talked about … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Heard Muttering “What A Stupid Son Of A Bitch” After Inflation Question From Fox News’ Peter Doocy

Gallery Launch Gallery Getty Kanye West and Julia Fox are two peas in a pod -- but for Paris Fashion Week, that pod’s made of cow. The couple stepped out together Monday to attend the Schiaparelli Couture show ... wearing matching black outfits, no less. Ye and Julia were in all-leather getups from head to toe -- quite literally in Kanye’s case, specifically. The guy was wearing a full head mask with small slits for his eyes ... sorta like a Lucha libre wrestler. And, per usual, he had those boots on again. Getty Julia, meanwhile, was going for more of a "Black Swan" look upstairs, wearing exaggerated eye shadow that streaked across her face. Indeed, they were going with a pretty futuristic look for sure -- reminiscent of "The Matrix," even. Look, we're just gonna say it ... Morticia and Gomez never looked better! (* snap, snap ) Anyway, they were far from the only American stars on hand -- Pusha T touched down in … [Read more...] about Kanye West and Julia Fox Wear Matching Leather Outfits in Paris

C-SPAN President Biden insulted a reporter with some foul language over what he thought was a ridiculous inquiry ... and it got picked up on a hot mic! JB brought the press in to the White House Monday for a photo-op following a roundtable chat with his cabinet on how to quickly lower costs in the U.S. -- this as prices continue to soar nationwide. As chirping journos were being ushered out ... FOX News' White House Correspondent Peter Doocy fired away. He asked Biden if he thought inflation could be a political liability for the midterms, and Joe actually responded -- albeit, under his breath. It seems he thought the mic was turned off. Not the case ... because his microphone was on, and you hear sarcastically say, "That's a great asset -- more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch." Doocy says he didn't hear it and was told by other reporters about the comment. Fox News Doocy was interviewed about the jab shortly following Biden's remarks, … [Read more...] about Biden Calls Fox Reporter ‘Stupid Son of a Bitch’ Over Inflation Question

President Biden lost his temper at the end of an event at the White House on Monday, insulting a reporter who asked him a question about inflation . As a photo op was wrapping up in the East Room, Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Biden whether he believes “inflation is a political liability in the midterms.” “It’s a great asset, more inflation,” Biden responded sarcastically. “What a stupid son of a bitch.” Biden: What a stupid son of a bitch pic.twitter.com/K8H74Vfv8m — Acyn (@Acyn) January 24, 2022 Doocy quickly hopped on Fox News to laugh about the incident with Jesse Watters. “I think the president’s right, you are a stupid SOB,” Watters cackled. “Yeah, nobody has fact-checked him yet,” said Doocy. Doocy has a history of trolling lawmakers, as Politico detailed in a lengthy profile last year . During the 2008 presidential campaign, he asked John McCain whether Hillary Clinton had “finally resorted to hitting the sauce just because of some unfavorable … [Read more...] about Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a ‘Stupid Son of a Bitch’

On the heels of the “vertically integrated” upfronts last year , where the networks went heavily for owned series, program ownership further strengthened its grip on pickup decisions at the 2016 upfronts . It shared center stage with the issue of in-season stacking rights, which too has become increasingly important to the broadcast networks. CBS owns or co-owns all 10 of its new scripted series for next season. ABC owns or co-owns 9 out of 10 new series. Fox fully owns 9 out of 10 new series. NBC owns or co-owns all but three new series, 9 out of 12, and I hear that was largely by choice. Still, despite the emphasis on shows from the networks’ own studios, it was new series from an independent studio, Sony TV’s dramas Notorious on ABC and Timeless on NBC and comedy Kevin Can Wait on CBS, that got the plum opening slot at the networks’ upfront presentations, along with premium slots on the schedule — behind Grey’s Anatomy ( Notorious ), behind The Voice on … [Read more...] about Network Ownership & In-Season Stacking Rights Rule 2016 Upfronts: In-Depth Look

The editorial staff at digital news site Slate has unanimously ratified its second collective bargaining agreement with the WGA East . The new three-year contract, covering 56 staffers, will see salary minimums rise to $58,000 by 2024, up from the current minimum of $51,000. Slate won union recognition in January 2018, and ratified its first collective bargaining agreement a year later. “This contract improves upon the previous one with five additional weeks of parental leave, higher salary floors, guaranteed increases in annual cost of living raises for more than half of the staff, and other critical benefits,” the Slate/WGA East bargaining committee said. “We are proud of the work we did with the WGA East to secure this contract and are hopeful for the future of Slate.” New features of the agreement include: • 3% annual increases for any unit member making under $72,999. Unit members making between $73,000 and $93,999 will receive a minimum of 2% annual … [Read more...] about Slate Editorial Staff Ratifies Its Second WGA East Collective Bargaining Agreement

Investigation Discovery (ID) has emerged as non-scripted producers’ favorite network to deal with over the last twelve months. The factual cable network has topped NPACT’s annual rankings with Hulu, CBS and History also being touted as among the top stations to work with. NPACT, the trade association for non-fiction production companies doing business in the U.S., has regularly put out these rankings, although last year they asked producers to name the best partner during Covid-19 with Bravo, Discovery, HBO Max and Netflix coming out top. Unscripted, documentary and reality producers are asked to collectively gauge their favorite networks and streaming platforms across numerous categories. This year, those categories including virtual pitching, development, greenlighting process, business affairs, production oversight and notes, production management and finance as well as their favorite network and streamer to work with overall. Some 49 production companies took … [Read more...] about Discovery’s ID Tops Unscripted Producers’ Annual Rankings; Hulu, CBS & History Touted In NPACT List

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is very good at football. He’s probably going to be named the NFL’s MVP in a few weeks, an award he also won last year, and in 2014, and in 2011. This year’s been a little different, though, as his play on the field hasn’t been near as big of a story as his judgement off of it. Rodgers has for months now been pushing conspiracy theories, about Covid-19 and, most recently, the 2020 election. Team Trump is impressed. Liz Harrington, the former president’s spokesperson, used comments Rodgers made last week to push the lie that the 2020 election was illegitimate during a Monday appearance on Steve Bannon’s podcast. “The only good news is the American people know it,” Harrington said of the false idea that the election was rigged. “I mean, you had four years of them saying the 2016 election was stolen by Russia and you never had quarterbacks questioning President Trump’s legitimacy. You’ve got Aaron Rodgers just flat out calling it out and … [Read more...] about Move Over MyPillow Guy: Aaron Rodgers Is Trumpworld’s Hot New Election Conspiracy Theorist