What Selfie Sticks Are Made For: ‘The Sound of Music’, Featuring Shirtless Rob Lowe
Posted: July 13, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Doughnut, Julie Andrews, Lip sync, Parks and Recreation, Rob Lowe, Singing, The Sound of Music (film), Twitter Leave a comment
This is what I’m doing on my Saturday night. Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/Vak9gDCVYC
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) July 12, 2015
via Rob Lowe: Twitter – Twitchy has some good comments
Louis C.K. to Direct, Star in Indie Film
Posted: May 5, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Chris Rock, Film, FX (TV channel), Independent film, Louie (TV series), Louis C.K, Matthew Broderick, Parks and Recreation, Police officer, Pootie Tang, Scott Rudin, Television program, The Hollywood Reporter Leave a commentBorys Kit writes: Louis C.K., the comedian who has conquered the small screen with his low-key, angst-ridden FX show Louie, is returning to the land of movies.
And mirroring Louie, C.K. will perform triple-duties for the film — writing, directing and starring in the indie I’m a Cop, which is being produced by heavyweight producer Scott Rudin.
“I don’t feel like I need anyone to tell me anything with a TV show because I know exactly what I’m doing, but I’d be arrogant to think that I can take someone’s $8 million and just turn in a movie. Movies are different. There’s a permanency to them.”
Rudin is producing with Dave Becky and Blair Breard, the latter an exec producer on C.K.’s Louie as well as a couple of the comedian’s specials, including the upcoming Louis C.K. Live From the Comedy Store.
“I was dealing with people every day whose pressures I didn’t understand, and I wasn’t very nice about how I said no to them. I put myself in a position I didn’t have to be in. A lot of what makes this kind of stuff work is empathy.”
The script tells of a depressed middle-aged man who is a volunteer police officer living in the shadow of his mother, a highly decorated retired officer. Read the rest of this entry »