Friday night on "Real Time with Bill Maher" (June 28) will see Adrian Grenier and Dan Neil topline as guests. The series continues its 11th season Friday, June 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), exclusively on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. Guests are Anthony Leiserowitz, director, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, is the top-of-show interview guest. Actor-producer Adrian Grenier is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are political strategist Hogan Gidley, automotive columnist Dan Neil and political consultant Kristen Soltis. Grenier has produced a documentary on a subject near and dear to Maher's heart: Drugs, and selling them. Grenier told the Huffingtonn Post: "Obama's a mystery to me,...
- 6/28/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Disgruntled Tribune Company employees are one step closer to receiving a $32 million settlement for the company’s misguided employee stock ownership plan (Esop). Rebecca Pallmeyer, a federal district court judge in Illinois, granted preliminary approval of the settlement of a class action case brought about by former Los Angeles Times auto writer Dan Neil and other Tribune employees. Tribune and its employees reached the settlement back in August, and informed the judge of that. Now that the judge has approved it, notices go out to all potential beneficiaries. There is then a hearing,...
- 10/26/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Reviewed by Randee Dawn
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed by: Chris Paine
Written by: P.G. Morgan and Chris Paine
Featuring: Tim Robbins, Bob Lutz, Elon Musk, Carlos Ghosn, Greg Abbott, Dan Neil and Thomas Friedman
Back in 2006, it was hard not to watch the final credits of Chris Paine’s “Who Killed the Electric Car?” without some kind of wordless anger. As that film detailed, General Motors — having been forced by new California emissions standards into creating an electric car — came up with the EV1, a model that delighted those who leased it (it was not available for sale, just lease) and seemed to indicate that the future had arrived. But the death of that regulation turned into the death of the EV1 — which, since it was not owned, was easily wrenched from the grip of its owners and summarily crushed out of existence. It was a...
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed by: Chris Paine
Written by: P.G. Morgan and Chris Paine
Featuring: Tim Robbins, Bob Lutz, Elon Musk, Carlos Ghosn, Greg Abbott, Dan Neil and Thomas Friedman
Back in 2006, it was hard not to watch the final credits of Chris Paine’s “Who Killed the Electric Car?” without some kind of wordless anger. As that film detailed, General Motors — having been forced by new California emissions standards into creating an electric car — came up with the EV1, a model that delighted those who leased it (it was not available for sale, just lease) and seemed to indicate that the future had arrived. But the death of that regulation turned into the death of the EV1 — which, since it was not owned, was easily wrenched from the grip of its owners and summarily crushed out of existence. It was a...
- 4/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Randee Dawn
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed by: Chris Paine
Written by: P.G. Morgan and Chris Paine
Featuring: Tim Robbins, Bob Lutz, Elon Musk, Carlos Ghosn, Greg Abbott, Dan Neil and Thomas Friedman
Back in 2006, it was hard not to watch the final credits of Chris Paine’s “Who Killed the Electric Car?” without some kind of wordless anger. As that film detailed, General Motors — having been forced by new California emissions standards into creating an electric car — came up with the EV1, a model that delighted those who leased it (it was not available for sale, just lease) and seemed to indicate that the future had arrived. But the death of that regulation turned into the death of the EV1 — which, since it was not owned, was easily wrenched from the grip of its owners and summarily crushed out of existence. It was a...
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival)
Directed by: Chris Paine
Written by: P.G. Morgan and Chris Paine
Featuring: Tim Robbins, Bob Lutz, Elon Musk, Carlos Ghosn, Greg Abbott, Dan Neil and Thomas Friedman
Back in 2006, it was hard not to watch the final credits of Chris Paine’s “Who Killed the Electric Car?” without some kind of wordless anger. As that film detailed, General Motors — having been forced by new California emissions standards into creating an electric car — came up with the EV1, a model that delighted those who leased it (it was not available for sale, just lease) and seemed to indicate that the future had arrived. But the death of that regulation turned into the death of the EV1 — which, since it was not owned, was easily wrenched from the grip of its owners and summarily crushed out of existence. It was a...
- 4/22/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2011 Special Events and Tribeca Talks panel series. The full press release follows.
New York, NY [March 23, 2011] – The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, today announced its lineup for the 2011 Special Events and Tribeca Talks® panel series. The component programs are “Tribeca Talks: After the Movie,” “Tribeca Talks: Industry,” “Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper, hosted by Barnes & Noble,” the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival panel, and new this year, in celebration of the tenth Festival, the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series,” featuring one-on-one conversations with acclaimed filmmakers, plus the premiere of five new documentary films and a one-of-a-kind videogame-film event.
This year, Tribeca’s annual panel series, a collection of special events, conversations and audience Q&A’s designed to spark a richer dialogue about film, has expanded to include the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series.” The series invites audiences to...
New York, NY [March 23, 2011] – The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, today announced its lineup for the 2011 Special Events and Tribeca Talks® panel series. The component programs are “Tribeca Talks: After the Movie,” “Tribeca Talks: Industry,” “Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper, hosted by Barnes & Noble,” the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival panel, and new this year, in celebration of the tenth Festival, the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series,” featuring one-on-one conversations with acclaimed filmmakers, plus the premiere of five new documentary films and a one-of-a-kind videogame-film event.
This year, Tribeca’s annual panel series, a collection of special events, conversations and audience Q&A’s designed to spark a richer dialogue about film, has expanded to include the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series.” The series invites audiences to...
- 3/23/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2011 Special Events and Tribeca Talks panel series. The full press release follows.
New York, NY [March 23, 2011] – The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, today announced its lineup for the 2011 Special Events and Tribeca Talks® panel series. The component programs are “Tribeca Talks: After the Movie,” “Tribeca Talks: Industry,” “Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper, hosted by Barnes & Noble,” the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival panel, and new this year, in celebration of the tenth Festival, the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series,” featuring one-on-one conversations with acclaimed filmmakers, plus the premiere of five new documentary films and a one-of-a-kind videogame-film event.
This year, Tribeca’s annual panel series, a collection of special events, conversations and audience Q&A’s designed to spark a richer dialogue about film, has expanded to include the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series.” The series invites audiences to...
New York, NY [March 23, 2011] – The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, today announced its lineup for the 2011 Special Events and Tribeca Talks® panel series. The component programs are “Tribeca Talks: After the Movie,” “Tribeca Talks: Industry,” “Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper, hosted by Barnes & Noble,” the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival panel, and new this year, in celebration of the tenth Festival, the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series,” featuring one-on-one conversations with acclaimed filmmakers, plus the premiere of five new documentary films and a one-of-a-kind videogame-film event.
This year, Tribeca’s annual panel series, a collection of special events, conversations and audience Q&A’s designed to spark a richer dialogue about film, has expanded to include the “Tribeca Talks: Directors Series.” The series invites audiences to...
- 3/23/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Daniel Frankel
Sam Zell will not be drinking at the Redwood Friday night.
About to return to the East Coast for his new gig at the Wall Street Journal, and emailing his goodbyes in a memo to his soon-to-be former colleagues at the L.A. Times Thursday (obtained by La Observed), Pulitzer Prize-winning car critic Dan Neil had kind words for the paper which he said "saved" him when it hired him in 2002 after a nasty divorce.
Conversely, Neil -- who is involved in a class-action suit against Tribune for alleged mismanagement of retirement funds -- delivered the equivelent of a single-fi...
Sam Zell will not be drinking at the Redwood Friday night.
About to return to the East Coast for his new gig at the Wall Street Journal, and emailing his goodbyes in a memo to his soon-to-be former colleagues at the L.A. Times Thursday (obtained by La Observed), Pulitzer Prize-winning car critic Dan Neil had kind words for the paper which he said "saved" him when it hired him in 2002 after a nasty divorce.
Conversely, Neil -- who is involved in a class-action suit against Tribune for alleged mismanagement of retirement funds -- delivered the equivelent of a single-fi...
- 2/12/2010
- by Daniel Frankel
- The Wrap
By Wrap Staff
The Los Angeles Times is losing its Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive columnist, Dan Neil, to the Wall Street Journal.
With the ongoing shrinking of the Times' news hole and reconfiguring of sections, Neil's column has been bounced around the paper.
Also, he played a part in a high-profile employee lawsuit against Times owner Sam Zell and the Tribune Co.
WSJ deputy managing editor Michael Miller sent the following memo to Journal staff:
From: Miller, Mike
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:37 Pm
To: WSJ All Bureau Chiefs
Subject: Dan Ne...
The Los Angeles Times is losing its Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive columnist, Dan Neil, to the Wall Street Journal.
With the ongoing shrinking of the Times' news hole and reconfiguring of sections, Neil's column has been bounced around the paper.
Also, he played a part in a high-profile employee lawsuit against Times owner Sam Zell and the Tribune Co.
WSJ deputy managing editor Michael Miller sent the following memo to Journal staff:
From: Miller, Mike
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:37 Pm
To: WSJ All Bureau Chiefs
Subject: Dan Ne...
- 2/5/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
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