Date: Aug. 17, 2011 Location: Telephone interview Player(s): Steven Weintraub, editor and founder of Collider.com Backstory: In our continuing series where we chat with the editors of the Web’s top, solo-run entertainment sites we speak to Steven Weintraub, the editor and founder of Collider.com. Better known as “Frosty” on the site, Weintraub launched Collider.com in [...]
Date: Aug. 9, 2011 Location: Telephone interview Players: Kellvin Chavez, editor and founder of LatinoReview.com Backstory: In part two of Audiohollywood’s interview series with the people who helped shape some of today’s biggest entertainment Web sites, I am featuring Kellvin Chavez, the editor and founder of LatinoReview.com. It may surprise fans of LatinoReview.com to learn that [...]
Date: Aug. 9, 2011 Location: Telephone interview Players: Wilson Morales, editor of BlackFilm.com Backstory: This is the first of a four-part series of interviews that were conducted in August 2011 with some of the entertainment writers and founders of the leading movie Web sites today including DarkHorizons.com, Collider.com, LatinoReview.com and BlackFilm.com. It may surprise some [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja Author Dinah Bucholz first began baking at 9 years old and said she is happiest when she’s puttering around the kitchen. After she got married she dreamed of becoming a pastry chef, but having four small children made it difficult to make that dream a reality, she said. Luckily Bucholhz found an alternative [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja Documentary filmmaker Andrew Rossi infiltrates the legendary newsroom in his latest feature, “Page One: Inside the New York Times.” Fate worked in Rossi’s favor during shooting in 2010 and the emergence of WikiLeaks proved the perfect example of how new media was eroding print journalism. It also illustrated the issues and questions [...]
Richard Ayoade on the set of “Submarine.” Photo: Dean Rogers/ The Weinstein Company By Sandra Kraisirideja Richard Ayoade is known to fans of the British sitcom “The IT Crowd” as the loveable geek Moss, but he’s getting attention now as the writer-director of “Submarine.” Executive producer Ben Stiller is lending his name to help get [...]
By Sandra Kraisirideja Broken bones are an integral part of stunt coordinator Jack Gill’s job description, and the more he has only proves how long he’s been in the industry. (His first stunt was in the 1979 cult classic “Rock n Roll HIgh School”) His latest film, “Fast Five,” includes a scene where stars Vin [...]
Audiohhollywood: “Hemingway’s Garden of Eden” has a complex story with dark undertones, how did you deconstruct the story for yourself in order to understand the character? Mena Suvari: I spent a great deal of time scouring through the book and read it several times to really understand the psychology of Catherine and understand exactly where [...]
Date: Nov. 7, 2010 Location: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Player(s): Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldblum Backstory: Two reasons why “Morning Glory” is on my must-see list is its cast and that screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna also wrote “The Devil Wears Prada.” I did not attend this press [...]
Date: Oct. 5, 2010 Location: Phone conference Player(s): Masi Oka Backstory: There was some skepticism amongst entertainment journalists regarding CBS’ update to “Hawaii 5-0” but the show has proved to be a hit in its time slot. Former “Heroes” cast member Masi Oka is sure to draw an even bigger audience when he guest stars [...]
