New York — It was a year ago this week that the sickening sound of gunfire rang out at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo. The mass shooting reverberated painfully in Hollywood, and how could it not? It happened at the movies.
Five months later, the horrific massacre of first-graders at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., launched yet more reflection – about gun control, certainly, but also about entertainment content, particularly violent video games said to be favored by the killer.
And yet, in the year since Aurora, seemingly little has overtly changed in the area of violence in entertainment, save the notable musings of actor Jim Carrey, who tweeted misgivings about his latest film, "Kick-Ass 2," after Newtown: "Now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," he wrote.
And some ask: If nothing changes now, will it ever?
"My...
Five months later, the horrific massacre of first-graders at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., launched yet more reflection – about gun control, certainly, but also about entertainment content, particularly violent video games said to be favored by the killer.
And yet, in the year since Aurora, seemingly little has overtly changed in the area of violence in entertainment, save the notable musings of actor Jim Carrey, who tweeted misgivings about his latest film, "Kick-Ass 2," after Newtown: "Now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," he wrote.
And some ask: If nothing changes now, will it ever?
"My...
- 7/16/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
By Steve Gorman and Brandon Lowrey
Los Angeles, March 19 (Reuters) - The venerable Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety published its last printed edition on Tuesday, ending an 80-year era by beckoning readers to a recently revamped website and announcing plans to launch a new weekly version of the publication.
The glossy magazine, under new ownership since last autumn, bid farewell to its daily paper-and-ink audience in a front-page inset headlined: "Variety Ankles Daily Pub Hubbub," using the Variety-coined verb it typically uses to report departures of studio executives.
"This marks the last official print version of Daily Variety, which reported what happened yesterday," the magazine said. "For news of what happened two minutes ago, keep going to Variety.com, which will be updated constantly."
Long considered the bible of the entertainment industry, Variety said it would merge the editorial content and staff of Daily Variety and its weekly international sister publication,...
Los Angeles, March 19 (Reuters) - The venerable Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety published its last printed edition on Tuesday, ending an 80-year era by beckoning readers to a recently revamped website and announcing plans to launch a new weekly version of the publication.
The glossy magazine, under new ownership since last autumn, bid farewell to its daily paper-and-ink audience in a front-page inset headlined: "Variety Ankles Daily Pub Hubbub," using the Variety-coined verb it typically uses to report departures of studio executives.
"This marks the last official print version of Daily Variety, which reported what happened yesterday," the magazine said. "For news of what happened two minutes ago, keep going to Variety.com, which will be updated constantly."
Long considered the bible of the entertainment industry, Variety said it would merge the editorial content and staff of Daily Variety and its weekly international sister publication,...
- 3/20/2013
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
Toronto-based artist Ken Turner has created a six minute stop-motion animated film titled "Tim" about a boy named Timothy Gray, who "wants to be just like Tim Burton when he grows up." The film is kind of a tribute to Burton and the power of movies. I love the character and production design, but wish there was more animation in the short film. Watch it now embedded after the jump. via: Tdw...
- 9/10/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Timothy Gray, chief editor of trade magazine Variety, has once again stepped out from behind his precious paywall to give The Rest of Us an address on how the industry institution hopes to remain relevant in the face of online scoops and the like. (Let's all take a moment and shake our fists in the general direction of our own Hollywood Cog.)
The last time he had a sermon to share was last April, in the wake of much spring cleaning and rank-shaking. "This is not about blog-bashing," he insisted then, although internal memos suggested that was exactly the case: "Ignore the bloggers (who obviously are trying in vain to steal our readers and our advertisers)..."
Cut to last month, and his concern has now become that the very word 'blogger' isn't quite specific enough to help distinguish the perhaps credible and "the guy in his pajamas pounding out personal thoughts from his basement.
The last time he had a sermon to share was last April, in the wake of much spring cleaning and rank-shaking. "This is not about blog-bashing," he insisted then, although internal memos suggested that was exactly the case: "Ignore the bloggers (who obviously are trying in vain to steal our readers and our advertisers)..."
Cut to last month, and his concern has now become that the very word 'blogger' isn't quite specific enough to help distinguish the perhaps credible and "the guy in his pajamas pounding out personal thoughts from his basement.
- 8/4/2010
- by William Goss
Things have gotten so dicey over at Variety, that editor Timothy Gray used his Sunday column to comment at length on the slings and arrows facing his fledgling daily in recent weeks. As he writes, "Variety has been accused by various other news outlets of Philistinism, breaches of ethics and unscrupulous practices." So what better place to refute those claims then in a column buried behind an Internet pay wall! Okay, so you probably didn't read Gray's passionate remarks -- or even know they existed -- but fear not. Here are the four most important lessons gleaned from his column:...
- 4/12/2010
- Movieline
The NY Times weighed in today with its assessment of the utter shitshow that is Variety, assaying a nicely observed survey from a few thousand feet above what appear to be the lawsuit-addled, staff-hemorrhaging, cash-poor trade institution's death throes. Sure, there are a few generally insane disclosures here, like the part about editor Timothy Gray removing that infamous Iron Cross pan "after a lawyer for the director and producer, Joshua Newton, objected, but reposted it after viewing the film and deciding to 'stand by the review as it was written.'" But for my money, let's go directly into the newsroom for a profile in abject terror from an anonymous staffer.
- 3/15/2010
- Movieline
Now that we're in the middle of the awards season, it's time to look back and praise the performances the world forgot -- and perhaps even complain that they did so. Everyone's going to be doing it. Variety's Timothy Gray did today, noting that he thought Paul Rudd and Gerard Butler turned in fine performances in I Love You, Man and Law Abiding Citizen, respectively. As he wisely puts it, "There are three types of good pics: awards front-runners, dark horses and the terrific work that, for whatever reason, does not seem to be considered a contender ... This isn't one of those 'what's wrong with the awards voters!' screeds. There are enough of those at this time of year, and they're almost always silly. (The subtext is usually 'Those voters are idiots because they didn't pick my favorites.') The point is that awards recognize terrific work, but they...
- 1/29/2010
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
By Daniel Frankel
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
- 9/9/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
Variety columnist Army Archerd has died at age 87 of a rare cancer. It marks the end of an era. He was a lovely man. We should all keep going so long. Nobody is going to do a better job of writing about Army than Variety editor-in-chief Timothy Gray. Here’s the Lat and The Wrap. I had the privilege of knowing Army for some 20 years. He was a civilized pro …...
- 9/9/2009
- Thompson on Hollywood
By Daniel Frankel
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
Longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, whose “Just for Variety” column was a must-read in the golden era of Hollywood celebrity, has died at the age of 87.
A spokeswoman for Archerd said he died at UCLA Medical Center after a bout with mesothelioma, a lung cancer closely associated with asbestos exposure. In an obituary published Tuesday, Variety editor Timothy Gray noted that Archerd, “was known for being fair, quoting people a...
- 9/9/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
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