I can’t say how many times I’ve watched my favorite movie, “When Harry Met Sally…,” but it never gets old. I mostly watch it by myself since I know all the words and annoy the hell out of anyone else in the room as I talk along to the lines as they appear on screen […]
The plight of the chronically homeless is one that for many decades, most of society has unfortunately shied away from. Individuals walking down the street will avert their eyes away from those whose bed is the sidewalk. City politicians make campaign promises to address the issue and throw money at it, but year after year […]
We’ve seen evidence that documentary film can make a difference, not only in exposing injustice to the world but in spotlighting people who are striving to achieve justice, address inequalities, and solve social problems. In some cases, evidence delivered by filmmakers has resulted in legal proceedings against those who have wronged others, keeping the story […]
By Kim Owens, Liz Graves The old-guy studio arguments that movies starring women don’t do well at the box office or movies led by women behind the camera don’t make money were finally placed firmly into the “bullshit” category in 2017. The numbers don’t lie: the top three highest grossing U.S. domestic films all featured […]
By Kim Owens, Liz Graves In 1958, the New York Times ran a review of the film, The Defiant Ones, starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier, “a remarkably apt and dramatic visualization of a social idea – the idea of men of different races brought together to face misfortune in a bond of brotherhood,” wrote […]
“While standing in the back of the room watching partners Kevin Chernett from Live Nation and Noah Heller from Hulu on stage at C-Space @ CES, going through it with Will Mason from UploadVR, my nerves were going haywire,” Jeff Nicholas, Director of VR Creative + Production for Live Nation Studios, stated in his post […]
More than three months ago, almost to the day, I wrote about the new FCC and how it will impact live streaming for consumers and content creators, “In addition to the endless lists of chaotic and unreal moves made by the new administration in the past few weeks, the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is […]
It was November 1, 2014 at a downtown Los Angeles Halloween rooftop party where, according to Dann Saxton, the Co-founder and Head of Content for VRLIVE, the first VR 360 video live stream took place. “It was called the Zombie Prom,” Saxton said, telling the story of that night. “600 people on the roof with […]
Kicking off this week’s #StreamingBuzz with romance, given it’s Valentine’s Day week, and the relationships being cultivated in the digital and streaming entertainment space, which look to be businesses matches made in heaven.
Having been one of the lucky ones to win an Echo at the Capital One House activation at SXSW last year, I’ve called on Alexa to start my morning every day since. “Alexa, play BBC Radio 6 Music,” and she complies, pulling up the British station on TuneIn. Amazon’s Alexa made a lot of waves […]
