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☆ Nike's Sue Bird documentary is heading to Netflix and it's another coup for brand-funded films
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Sue Bird: In the Clutch," a documentary on the career and personal life of the WNBA star, wasn't the most buzzed-about film at Sundance. Nike's success could encourage more brands to follow its leadNike has long been a big player in brand-funded films. Many brands dream of getting their films on Netflix, where even relatively small viewership numbers are bigger than they'd get on a rival streamer. Brands often work alongside traditional Hollywood players, which lends credibility to film projects. But the more films like "In the Clutch" get wide distribution, the more other brands could be encouraged to pursue similar storytelling.

Persons: Sue Bird, Werner Herzog, Sarah Dowland, RogerEbert.com, IndieWire, it's, Beckham, Justin Biskin —, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Alex Gibney's Jigsaw, Jay Ellis's Organizations: WNBA, Sundance, Entertainment, Business, Netflix, Nike, Iron Entertainment, Apple, HBO, Procter, Gamble, Marriott, Hollywood Locations: Canada, Hollywood

☆ It Is Not Dead Yet! ‘Spamalot’ Returns to Broadway. (Cue the Coconuts.)
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Sopan Deb | More About Sopan Deb | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The terrifying knights still say “Ni!” The dead? Well, they are not quite dead yet. And King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table (not dawn, not dusk, not late afternoon, but knights) still trot around to the sounds of coconuts banging together. All that is to say: “Spamalot” is back on Broadway, and it is still quite silly. It’s a lousy thing to do to repeat it over and over again to a dead room,” Rhodes said.

Persons: King Arthur, David Josefsberg, Tim, ” Josh Rhodes, ” Rhodes Organizations: Knights, Gibney Studios Locations: Manhattan

TORONTO (AP) — After a three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, Paul Simon had only sympathy for the audience. The 81-year-old Simon, himself, hadn't watched the film before its debut, and he didn't watch it Sunday, either. “In Restless Dreams,” which takes its name from a lyric in “The Sound of Silence” ("In restless dreams I walked alone"), also intimately captures Simon painstakingly assembling his latest album, “Seven Psalms," which was released in May. “I haven’t accepted it entirely, but I’m beginning to,” Simon told the audience of his hearing loss in a post-screening Q&A. “Having the truth about me depicted by an observer is very interesting to me," Simon said.

Persons: Paul Simon, Simon, hadn't, “, ”, Art Garfunkel, ” Simon, Gibney, “ Sinatra, ” “, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, South, ”, Twitter Locations: Queens , New York, Wimberly , Texas

☆ Stephen King Explains Why He’s a Mystery Writer Not So Big on Mystery
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stephen King’s new novel, “Holly,” is his sixth book to feature the private investigator Holly Gibney, who made her debut as a mousy side character in the 2014 novel “Mr. Along the way, he also tells a dad joke, remembers his friend Peter Straub, and discusses his views on writing and life. “Writing is partially an escape valve, but it’s also a way of understanding what’s going on in your life and what’s going on in a particular story. Those things are part of the reason to write at all, I think,” King says. “I don’t think you should think a lot about the act of writing as you write, because I think that’s counterproductive.

Persons: Stephen King’s, “ Holly, ”, Holly Gibney, Mercedes ”, King, Gilbert Cruz, Peter Straub, it’s, ” King, “, Cruz, Joumana Khatib, Zadie Smith “ Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson “, Homer, Emily Wilson, Emily Weiss’s Glossier, Marisa Meltzer “, Pam Zhang “, Cameron McWhirter Organizations: Holly’s

☆ In Stephen King’s Latest, Beware the Kindly Old Professors
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Flynn Berry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

HOLLY, by Stephen KingA friend of mine has become a scaredy-cat since having a baby. She has been forcing herself to watch horror movies through parted fingers, hoping they will steel her nerves for the frights of everyday life. I thought of my friend’s experiment while reading “Holly,” the new mystery from Stephen King: Here is a thriller scary enough to test its readers’ mettle — and toughen them up. Holly Gibney, a private investigator, is attending her mother’s funeral when a woman calls asking for help finding her missing daughter. Mercedes’ and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart.” Her presence balances the new novel’s darkness.

Persons: HOLLY, Stephen King, Holly, mettle, Holly Gibney, Kate Atkinson, Jackson Brodie, King, ”, she’s, “ Mr, Mercedes, Bill Hodges, ” King, Holly “, Mr, Mercedes ’

☆ Amazon is reorganizing some cloud-computing services, like EC2 and Lambda, into a new team, leaked email shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon Web Services created an "AWS Compute Services" team, an email viewed by Insider shows. It combined services such as EC2 and serverless products like Lambda into a single organization. Amazon Web Services created a new "AWS Compute Services" team, according to an internal email viewed by Insider, combining services such as its Elastic Compute Cloud and container and serverless products including Lambda into a single organization. Deepak Singh, the vice president who previously ran AWS containers and serverless products, is leading the new AI organization. Barry Cooks, the vice president who runs the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, now reports to Brown.

Persons: Deepak Singh, David Brown, EC2, Holly Mesrobian, Brown, Nick Coult, Ajay Nair, Spencer Dillard, Ahmed Usman Khalid, Barry Cooks, Jody Gibney, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Amazon Web Services, Insider, Lambda, AWS, Web Services, Compute Services, Service, Registry

☆ How Elizabeth Holmes convinced powerful men like Henry Kissinger, James Mattis, and George Shultz to sit on the board of Theranos
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The reporters spoke with board members, who explained why they backed founder Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes' board going into the scandal included an unusual roster of names for a healthcare startup, with leaders who had more experience in politics and government than healthcare. For the most part, the board members seemed to be taken by Holmes and her vision. "Secretary Mattis was struck by the promise of technology and was looking for any technology solution to save lives on the battlefield," White said. Auletta in the documentary said the board members spoke about Holmes as if she were a visionary.

Persons: Theranos, Alex Gibney, Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, John Carreyrou, Sunny Balwani, Balwani, George Shultz, Shultz, Gary Roughead, William Perry, Sam Nunn, James Mattis, Donald Trump's, Richard Kovacevich, Wells Fargo Henry Kissinger, William Frist, William H, Foege, Riley, Bechtel, Kissinger, Mattis, Ken Auletta, David Boies, Auletta, Axios, Dana White, White, Beethoven, Roger Parloff, he's, Parloff Organizations: Morning, Food and Drug Administration, Wall Street, US, US Marine Corps, Centers for Disease Control, Bechtel Group Inc, New, Mattis, Theranos, Securities and Exchange Commission, Fortune Locations: Texas, California, Silicon Valley

CNN —Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Soon after his release, Becker told German broadcaster Sat 1 that a prison “inmate tried to kill” him during his incarceration. “It feels great [to be out],” Becker told Amanpour. “Prison life is a very dangerous place. In tennis, as in life, thing were “never easy” and “always a bit of a struggle,” Becker recalls.

☆ An Elon Musk documentary is in the works from the director who examined Theranos, Enron, and Scientology
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An Elon Musk documentary is currently being made by acclaimed director Alex Gibney. Gibney has examined Theranos, Enron, Scientology, and more in his previous documentaries. Gibney's other documentaries have tackled Scientology, Enron, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, WikiLeaks, Steve Jobs, and more. Gibney's Jigsaw Productions is producing the film alongside production companies Closer Media, Anonymous Content, and Double Agent. "Now is the moment for a rigorous portrait of Elon Musk, who is undeniably one of the most influential figures of our time.

[1/5] Former tennis player Boris Becker attends a news conference to promote documentary 'Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker' at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2023. "You have to be a bit crazy to cross the line and do things nobody else has ever achieved before." "You expect world champions in a sport to be like everyone else but we aren't," he told a news conference. "What I liked about Boris is that unlike many athletes he is a great storyteller," Gibney said.

☆ 'Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo' review: HBO shines a light on decades of alleged abuse within a mega-church
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Spanning decades, “Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo” is another #MeToo story, this time on a disturbingly epic scale, exploring alleged sexual abuse that occurred across generations in a Guadalajara, Mexico-based mega-church, and the victims that eventually rose up to speak out. Founded in 1926, La Luz Del Mundo (Spanish for “The Light of the World”) says it has branches around the world, carrying the word of God from a designated apostle chosen from the ranks of its guiding family. CNN has reached out to La Luz Del Mundo for comment. While HBO’s poster for “Unveiled” features the line, “Bringing the truth into the light,” time will tell whether that light turns out to be the best disinfectant. “Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo” premieres December 6 at 9 p.m.

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