And there goes Opie. Gregg “Opie” Hughes has been terminated by SiriusXM, three years after his former “Opie and Anthony” partner Anthony Cumia was fired for making racist remarks on social media. “SiriusXM confirms it has terminated its relationship with Gregg ‘Opie’ Hughes, host of the ‘Opie Radio Show’ weekday afternoons on the Faction Talk channel,” Patrick Reilly, the head of Communications for Sirius Xm, told TheWrap in a statement on Friday. “SiriusXM does not publicly discuss internal personnel issues.” Opie has briefly addressed his firing in a YouTube video, in which he finally got to share the vulgar sign-off fans were apparently clamoring.
- 7/7/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest illustration, featuring Robbie Simpson, Brandon, Haagenson, and Patrick Reilly in Afterglow.
- 6/30/2017
- by Ken Fallin
- BroadwayWorld.com
Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera and Nia Long have signed on to Janicza Bravo’s drama.
Bravo’s feature directorial debut centres on an unemployed actor whose blind girlfriend leaves him.
Fred Melamed, Shiri Appleby and Rhea Perlman will also star in Lemon for Burn Later Productions and Killer Films.
Ben-Hur star Toby Kebbell, Sofia Vergara, James Marsden and Lucy Punch will star alongside Whitney Cumming in her directorial debut The Female Brain. Black Bicycle Entertainment is financing the comedic project about brain chemistry among couples based on the book by neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine. Erika Olde produces with Night and Day Pictures’ Michael Roiff.The New York Film Festival has unveiled Projections, its avant-garde slate of 11 programmes comprising film and video that explore the essence of the moving image. Selections screen from October 7-9 and include the Us premiere of Eduardo Williams’ Argentina-Brazil-Portugal co-production The Human Surge. The festival runs from September 30-October 16. Click here for...
Bravo’s feature directorial debut centres on an unemployed actor whose blind girlfriend leaves him.
Fred Melamed, Shiri Appleby and Rhea Perlman will also star in Lemon for Burn Later Productions and Killer Films.
Ben-Hur star Toby Kebbell, Sofia Vergara, James Marsden and Lucy Punch will star alongside Whitney Cumming in her directorial debut The Female Brain. Black Bicycle Entertainment is financing the comedic project about brain chemistry among couples based on the book by neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine. Erika Olde produces with Night and Day Pictures’ Michael Roiff.The New York Film Festival has unveiled Projections, its avant-garde slate of 11 programmes comprising film and video that explore the essence of the moving image. Selections screen from October 7-9 and include the Us premiere of Eduardo Williams’ Argentina-Brazil-Portugal co-production The Human Surge. The festival runs from September 30-October 16. Click here for...
- 8/17/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Burn Later Productions, Killer Films cast Lemon; and more…
Former Academy president Arthur Hiller, who earned an Oscar nomination for Love Story and also directed Silver Streak, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 92.
“I was a member of the board during his presidency and fortunate enough to witness first-hand his dedication to the Academy and his lifelong passion for visual storytelling,” said current Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
Hiller received the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2001 for his philanthropic commitment to numerous charitable organisations, educational institutions and civil rights groups.
He served as Academy president from 1993 to 1997 and was president of the Directors Guild Of America from 1989 to 1993.
Hiller is survived by his daughter, Erica Hiller Carpenter, his son, Henryk, and five grandchildren. Gwen Hiller, his wife of 68 years, died in June.
Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Nia Long, Fred Melamed, Shiri Appleby and [link...
Former Academy president Arthur Hiller, who earned an Oscar nomination for Love Story and also directed Silver Streak, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 92.
“I was a member of the board during his presidency and fortunate enough to witness first-hand his dedication to the Academy and his lifelong passion for visual storytelling,” said current Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
Hiller received the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2001 for his philanthropic commitment to numerous charitable organisations, educational institutions and civil rights groups.
He served as Academy president from 1993 to 1997 and was president of the Directors Guild Of America from 1989 to 1993.
Hiller is survived by his daughter, Erica Hiller Carpenter, his son, Henryk, and five grandchildren. Gwen Hiller, his wife of 68 years, died in June.
Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Nia Long, Fred Melamed, Shiri Appleby and [link...
- 8/17/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Opie & Anthony radio show host Anthony Cumia has been fired by satellite radio company SiriusXM, which cited his "racially charged" and "hate-filled" remarks on Twitter as the reason. Cumia's remarks and postings, including Tweets and re-Tweets that were degrading to women, were "abhorrent" to SiriusXM, its spokesman Patrick Reilly said Friday. The shock jock was fired late Thursday, Reilly said. Cumia's response Friday on Twitter included an obscenity in relation to SiriusXM. He said he was fired over material that was not aired and was not illegal. Earlier this week, Cumia posted Tweets and photos about what he said was...
- 7/5/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Anthony Cumia, the host of SiriusXM's popular “Opie and Anthony” show, has been fired following racist remarks he made on Twitter this week. “SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel,” Patrick Reilly, senior vice president, Communications, SiriusXM told TheWrap. ”The decision was made, and Cumia informed, late Thursday, July 3 after careful consideration of his racially-charged and hate-filled remarks on social media.” Reilly concluded: “Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents.” Update: Angry Anthony Cumia Fans Cancel SiriusXM Subscriptions After Firing Over Racist Tweets...
- 7/4/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
SiriusXM has fired Opie and Anthony host Anthony Cumia after he posted a series of racist remarks on Twitter earlier this week. Patrick Reilly, senior vp communications at the satellite radio company, wrote in a statement that the 53-year-old DJ's posts were "abhorrent," and the host was fired on Thursday. "SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel. The decision was made, and Cumia informed, late Thursday, July 3 after careful consideration of his racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media," Reilly stated. "Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to
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- 7/4/2014
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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