Media Outlaw

    Photo by Art Streiber THE VISION THING BY RICK TETZELI How Marty Scorsese risked it all and lived to risk again in Hollywood. AT 69, AN AGE WHEN MOST HOLLYWOOD DIRECTORS have been packed off after a hollow cavalcade of plaudits, roasts, and nostalgic fetes, Martin Scorsese is once again panicked about hitting [… Read More]

    Will Smith is the front-runner to star in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming “Southern,” Django Unchained, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Django script is said to be receiving “wide acclaim” from insiders. Tarantino wants Smith to play the title character, a freed slave in search of his wife. The director is also eyeing Christoph [… Read More]

On a recent afternoon, a dozen cinematographers, directors and camera assistants huddled inside a sound stage on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, wearing black plastic glasses as they watched a monitor.The object of their gaze: the body movements of a USC acting student sitting at a kitchen table on a set a few [… Read More]

FishbowlLA has news that “infotainment” columnist Nikki Finke has sold her breaking news Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com to Mail.com Media Corp. (MMC), “the digital media company that owns and operates the Mail.com portal and email service as well as a growing portfolio of lifestyle brands, including HollywoodLife.com, MovieLine.com and OnCars.com.”