#Kevin Pollack

[kwebtv]

The Lost Room - SyFy Channel - December `11 - 13, 2006

Supernatural / Mystery (3 episodes)

Running Time: 262 minutes Total

Stars:

Peter Krause as Detective Joe Miller

Elle Fanning as Anna Miller

Chris Bauer as Detective Lou Destefano

April Grace as Detective Lee Bridgewater

Dennis Christopher as Dr. Martin Ruber 

Julianna Margulies as Jennifer Bloom

Kevin Pollak as Karl Kreutzfeld

Peter Jacobson as Wally Jabrowski 

Ewen Bremner as Harold Stritzke

Roger Bart as Howard "The Weasel" Montague

Chris McCarty as Milton Vrang

Margaret Cho as Suzie Kang 

Jason Antoon as The Sood

Jason Douglas as Anthony

Hugo Perez as Pumeet 

Tim Guinee as The Occupant, formerly Eddie McCleister

Jorge Pallo as Ignacio "Iggy" Loca  

Ann Cusack as Helen Ruber

Harriet Sansom Harris as Margaret Milne

Benjamin Petrie as Isaac Kreutzfeld

Chris Monberg as Little Jim

Nicholas Guilak as Arjun Mehta

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221 - The Front Runner

We’ve previously discussed the work of Jason Reitman with our Men, Women, and Children episode, and this week we have another Reitman bomb: 2018′s The Front Runner. The film features Hugh Jackman as Senator Gary Hart and dramatizes Hart’s failed presidential campaign that was thwarted by an infidelity scandal. Released on Election Day after a very mild fall festival run, the film posits Hart’s case as the beginning of political muckraking in America, but fails to make a compelling case for that argument or find a pulse on the political climate in the immediate year’s following the 2016 Presidential Election.

This episode, we talk about Jackman’s prestige run in the shadow of Wolverine and his prospects this year with the reviled The Son in a weak Best Actor field. We also welcome Reitman regular J.K. Simmons into our Six Timers Club, and discuss Reitman’s other 2018 release Tully, post-Hart political sex scandals, and Vera Farmiga Phone Acting.

Topics also include Phil Hartman’s Clinton impersonation, current awards season malaise, and our upcoming mailbag episode!

Links:

The 2018 Oscar nominations

The 2022 Independent Spirit Awards

Vulture Movies Fantasy League

Mailbag submissions!

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Review- Maisel Goes Out On A High Note With Strong Character Development For Brosnahan and Borstein

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a show that started out as just a pilot until it caught fire. Five seasons later all of these characters in the show have had their ups and downs. There have been a lot of story beats that have made this show and its star one of the best in the business. In a landscape where comedies have started to fall short of the classics I grew up on, this one remains fresh and…

[streamondemand]

'The Aristocrats' – the story behind the foulest, funniest in joke on Prime Video and Peacock

“A guy walks into an agent’s office and says: ‘Have I got an act for you…’” It’s a simple set-up and you know the punchline going in (hint: it’s the title of the film), but in between is arguably the filthiest, most disgusting, thoroughly depraved joke of all time, at least as explored the 100 comedians in the documentary by Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette. Almost unknown to the general public…

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End of Days (1999)

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Dir Peter Hymas Writer Andrew W Marlowe Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollack, CCH Pounder, Derrick O’Connor, Miriam Margolyes, Udo Kier, Mark Margolis, Rod Steiger. At the end of 1979, the birth of a girl signalled the possible ‘End of Days’ when she was born with a mark on her arm. Now, twenty years later, and days away from 1st January 2000, an adult, Christine…

[mandoreviews]

📽️ Made of Honor (2008)

This is kind of like a reverse My Best Friend’s Wedding situation, so it’s not my favorite. I’m not a huge fan of the break-up-the-happy-couple-because-I-only-realize-I-love-her-when-I-can’t-have-her thing. It’s also a pretty forgettable movie, as in I actually did forget I watched it the first time and watched it again. I didn’t really like it any better the second time. I like Patrick Dempsey, but the whole premise of the movie just doesn’t sit well with me.

Sex/nudity: 5/10 (kissing, lots of sex talk, sex jokes, sexual references, women in underwear, implied sex)

Language: 3/10 (one possible f-word - I don’t remember it but IMDb says it’s there, one c-word in a song, some other milder language)

Violence: 2/10 (some play hitting, one for real punch)

Overall rating: 5/10

[glennk56]

Jay Brazeau (1995-2010)

Jay Brazeau is a Canadian character actor. He is a fat actor who has appeared in a wide variety of film and television genres and can play it straight or create some memorable characters. His film career started in 1975 with an Independent Canadian film called The Melting Pot. Today the IMDb site lists his acting appearances at 283 spanning 6 decades. This includes many voiceovers for animated characters. He didn't start getting fat until the 90s. The above photo is from Slam Dunk Ernest starring Jim Varney in 1995.

The above photo is from the 1995 TV movie, The Ranger, The Cook and a Hole in the Sky starring Sam Elliott, Jerry O'Connell and Ricky Jay. Brazeau played a doctor.

The next 2 photos are from 1997 TV series Dead Man's Gun, which followed the whereabouts of a cursed Gun. This episode was entitiled The Great MacDonacle, starring John Ritter.

This photo is from Hoods in 1998, starring Joe Montegna and Kevin Pollack.

These 3 photos are from TV show Cold Squad, running from 1998-2005. A show similar to Cold Case. Brazeau was a regular until 2001.

Stargate-SG-1 geeks might recognize Brazeau as Harlan, who appeared in 2 episodes, in 1998 and 2001.

Jay Brazeau appeared in 2 episodes of The Outer Limits, The Vaccine in 1998 and The Vessel in 2001.

Jay Brazeau was in TV Movie The Wedding Dress in 2001 and an episode of Dead Like Me in 2003. He also appeared in an episode of Stargate Atlantis in 2006, playing a different character than in previous the Stargate series.

Brazeau was in 2 episodes of Supernatural in 2006 and 2010, playing different roles.

In 2008 Jay Brazeau appeared in Far Cry, an action thriller film from Germany and Canada.

Brazeau had a small role in Watchmen in 2009.

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There was a Shooting outside of my streets Sunday night and an 18 year old was shot and killed that's why I'm making this edit to honor that 18 year old and other young kids and people who passed away sadly over the years it breaks my heart to see so many gone so young and innocent That 18 year old was in Augusta Georgia Hicks Road At the time of the shooting and Robb elementary school shooting was in 2022 Makenna Lee Elrod, Eliahna Torres, Jackie Cazares, Layla Salazar, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Nevaeh Bravo, Alyssa Alhadeff, Rachel Joy Scott, Kelly Ann Fleming, Judith and Maria Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke, Lucille Ricksen, Catherine Violet Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Jesse Lewis, Jessica Rekos, Emilie Parker, Avielle Richman, Caroline Previdi, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine Hsu, Star Hobson, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos,Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Elizabeth Shelley, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Figi, Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Charlotte Louise Dunn, Hannah Louise Scott, Skylar Annette "Sky " Neese, Tristyn Bailey, Adriana Dukic, Little Scarlett Taylor, Sara Fay Rivazfar, Daniela Carolina Vasquez Mazariegos, Lavinia Trematerra, Prince Octavius of Great Britain, Jenna Renea Mosier, Emma Grace Brinkerhoff, Alexis "Lexi" D'Shea Norred, Isabella Sara “Bella” Tennant, Rachel Marie D'Avino, Joanna Caroline “JoJo” Ross, Megan Rochelle Jenkins, Amberly Mendoza, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, Mhairi Isabel Macbeath, Grace Audrey McDonnell, Amerie Jo Garza, Alexandria "Lexi " Rubio, Bella Bond, Sable Gibson, Olivia Dahl, Peggy Montgomery, Shirley Temple Black 1928-2014 and Baby LeRoy, Ashanti Grinage, Ava Martin White, Ava Jordan Wood, Amanda Todd, Sidra Hassouna, Zainab Momin, Selena Lau, Lacey Foy, Sarah Radney, Nylah Anderson, Park Boram, O.J. Simpson, Sophie North, Cassie Bernall, Jaime Guttenberg, Hana St. Juliana, Gina Montalto, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Emily Grace Jones, Natalie Danielle Brooks, Lois Janes, Louis XVII, Melissa Helen Currie, Corey Tyler DePooter, Kevin Allan Hasell, Paige Ann Herring, Rachael Elizabeth Hill, Emily Keyes, Emily Horten, Mei Leung, David Charles Kerr, Abigail McLennan, Dunblanesandyhook

[augustheart]

every dc pride special has one story that is devoted to telling people that rioting is no longer necessary and we should all just relax and put our fists down because we do have rights now and Think Of The Children and what have you. and two out of three times they've used characters who are explicitly either extremely radical or just, in general, very violent people to be the mouthpiece of moderatism. and while yes this is unfortunately just a side effect of corporate pride in general because ultimately these are always less shows of support and more cash grabs (that at least thankfully support actually lgbt creative teams), one thing that has rubbed me the wrong way for two years in a row is how these stories get put in specials with. uhhh. deeply touching personal narratives about people's real, actual lives.

last year it was the whole "pride is a paaarty now it's all fineeee now" story in comparison with the late great kevin conroy's deeply touching autobiographical story, "finding batman," which is broadly about the cultural impact of homophobic violence in many forms and the way it nearly crushed him. it felt extremely bizarre to have a story where a character tells someone "oh pride hasn't been a Violent Dangerous Riot that Needs To Be Stomped Out for decades so it's all good :3" next to a personal narrative about kicking and screaming in forced silence for survival. and then this year you have the world's most baffling lineup of midnighter, apollo, and alan scott of all people being like "maybe violence against bigots Is bad" next to six people sharing stories about how a recently deceased transgender icon made their own lives better.

it doesn't feel nearly as bad as 2022's did because none of the celebration of pollack's life explicitly discuss homophobic and transphobic bigotry and violence (beyond joe corallo mentioning her being forgiving and encouraging of members of the uk gay liberation front who made amends for their past transphobia and became advocates for transgender rights)--in my opinion, last year's juxtaposition was much more inappropriate and borderline insulting. but when half the writers, artists, and colorists in your "celebration of dc pride" get violent death threats near-constantly to turn around and release a story about how actually while we don't have to get along with or even respect them fighting back would make us just as bad... uh oh! looks like a corporation endorsed letting their employees endure discrimination and harassment both on and off the job!

again. you can't expect anything different from large corporate pride events, and i do appreciate that stories and personal experiences that otherwise might not have been told were given a chance to shine here, but every time it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[wonderlandleighleigh]

This story sticks with me. I can clearly hear Kevin Pollack speaking Moishe’s dialogue. The pacing is so in character. It’s a really great look at how much of a putz Joel really is from a parent’s perspective.

<3

I really do love Moishe. I think he's lived a lot of life, and as irritating as he can be at times, he understands life in a way that maybe Abe and Rose and even Shirley - and certain Midge and Joel - really don't.

Like Lenny, he fought in the war, and so his perspective is very different than the rest of the characters on Maisel.

Moishe does not give a fuck.

Because Moishe knows that life is too short to give so many fucks. He loves his wife. He's dedicated to his work. He loves his grandchildren and son. He has friends and likes to have a good time. He doesn't bother with the existential, intellectual stuff that Abe frets over. He's more about practicality.

And I love that for him. That attitude has made him a very happy and prosperous man.

I was going to say that he and Lenny are a lot alike, but they definitely aren't lol. Experiencing war first-hand is where the similarities end. Lenny's anxieties hold him back from the kind of success and happiness Moishe has found.

Boy needs a therapist.

[magneticflower]

Listening to Kevin Pollack's Maisel podcast because he interviewed Zachary Levi and I am once again mourning the wasted character that is Benjamin Ettenberg

[erin-bo-berin]

Couple of things in response to your anon queries over the last few days:

- Joe’s playing a prominent recurring character in Fargo. He’s Gator Tillman, the son of the main character, corrupt sheriff Roy Tillman (John Hamm). You’ll be getting more than one episode, don’t worry about that! Also - and I’m sorry if you already know this, but just to clarify- it’s not set in 2019, not the old west. I think people got the cowboy idea because Noah Hawley wrote an (excellent) article for The Atlantic called “It’s High Noon in America,” which was both a political commentary, and a reflection on how entertainment contributes to issues like distrust of authority by creating heroes who go against the system etc. In it, he shared a sample of S5 dialogue between Roy and Gator, which mentioned “high noon”:

Gator: “I swear to God, him versus me, man to man, and I'd wipe the floor with him.”

Roy: “What, like high noon? That only happens in the movies, son. In real life they slit your throat waiting for the light to change.”

I mean, Joe might still be playing a cowboy-ish type character if he works on a ranch I suppose? But as far as I know, there’s nothing to suggest that’s the case.

- Joe is well positioned to have a great career after ST ends. I’m a bit puzzled as to why anyone’s concerned for him to be honest! Free Guy was very well received and many reviews specifically mentioned Joe’s charm and his lovely chemistry with Jodie. One critic even said - and I quote - “Joe Keery proves he’s going to be just fine when Stranger Things ends.” Add to that, although Spree was controversial, it was still received more positive reviews than less glowing ones (thanks, tomatometer), and even negative reviews of the film praised Joe’s performance.

So that’s recent history. Looking at his current work, he has two films in the can, is currently filming Fargo, then starts Cold Storage, and then in 2024 goes back to filming ST. The guy is as busy as an actor could hope for. Going forward, even if none of the films make an impact (and that’s a big ‘if’, because I suspect Cold Storage at least is going to do very well), Fargo will raise his profile even higher than it already is.

Oh, and then there’s his music. We all know he’s genuinely talented in that regard, and so do the critics. But he’s deliberately flown under the radar with it, and so many people are missing out. Djo doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page for crying out loud. Maya Hawke, who has less than a third of the Spotify listeners Djo has, has a wiki page for each album! No hate for Maya - her stuff’s not my thing but it’s cool. I just think Joe’s music manager (who’s different to his acting one) is sleeping on that front.

Sorry for the Joe Keery essay. I’m just a huge supporter because he’s so talented, and is also genuinely lovely. People who’ve worked with him want to do it again, in large part because of his personality. We know the combination of those traits is what changed the trajectory of his character in ST, which was a remarkable thing in of itself. David Harbour, Brett Gelman, and Kevin Pollack have all pointed out how unusual it was, and praised both Joe and the Duffer Bros for it. It’s kind of refreshing to see someone in Hollywood getting rewarded for being a decent person, in addition to having acting abilities.

Joe deserves every success. Long may it continue!

Oh wow thanks for all the info! I’ve never seen Fargo but man I will happily watch it to see him in it.

I’m so excited for him in Cold Storage. I ended up reading the book after someone on here told me it was actually a book first and Joe is just gonna nail the character. Teacake is such a loveable dork lol

I agree though! He’s been doing so good even without ST fame. He’s gotten some big projects coming up and a handful at that. Also his music to keep him busy too and it really is such a shame that his music is so underrated because his music really is so good 🥺

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Supporters of Creative Community For Peace Open Letter (Support of Israel) - Part 2/2

Bryan Terry, Head of Development, Vice TV

Melanie Greene, VP, Finance, Above Average Productions

Antony Gordon, Managing Director, Adeptus Partners/CEO, AG Productions

Jennifer Duberstein, Head of Sports Business Affairs, CAA Sports

Diane Mayer, CEO/Founder, Crown Jules Entertainment

Dan Carrillo Levy, Writer/Director, Moxie 88

Logan Binstock, Agent, CAA

Gregg Rossen, Screenwriter

Stephany Hurkos, Personal Manager, Stephany Hurkos Management

Jessica Pollack, Talent Strategy Executive, UTA

Marla Levine, Attorney/Producer/Consultant

Andrew Lear, Partner/Agent, UTA

Ben Bruskin, TV Traffic Coordinator, Allen Media Group

Steve Bornfeld, Writer/Editor, Freelance

Linda Lichter, Attorney, Founding Partner, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler Feldman and Clark, Inc.

Scott Stone, President, Stone & Company Entertainment

Mark Canton, CEO & Producer, Canton Entertainment

Robert Kamen, Writer

Itay Reiss, Manager/Producer, Artists First

Stephanie Davis, Literary Manager, Wetdog Entertainment

Sean Canino, President of Television, McFarlane Films LLC

Barry Schkolnick, Writer/Producer, Schoolboy Productions, Inc

Richard Rionda Del Castro, CEO, Hannibal Media

Lawrence Scot Deutchman, Producer, Great Escape Entertainment, LLC

Jeff Hynick, Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

John Ondrasik, Singer-Songwriter, Five for Fighting

Erik Arnold, Writer/Linguist

Sean Elliott, Partner/Office-Head/Talent Manager, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Sadaf Muncy, SVP, Development and Production, HappyNest Entertainment

Dean Cain, Filmmaker

Brandi George, CEO, Presse Public Relations

Roger Friedman, Owner, www.showbiz411.com

Marc Klein, Screenwriter, Birdy Num Num Inc

Eytan Keller, President, Keller Productions, Inc

Adam Schweitzer, Talent Agent, CAA

James Stoteraux, Writer/Showrunner

David Hunt, Owner, FourBoys Entertainment

Chad Fiveash, Writer/Showrunner

Adam Rosen, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Kevin Misher, Principal, Misher Films

Nathaniel Bear, Filmmaker, Nat Bear Media/4M Reviews

Deborah Gilels, Publicist, LAMedia Consultants

Lionel Chetwynd, Writer/Director/Producer

Dick Atkins, Producer, A-Films, LLC

Wayne Fitterman, Agent, WME

Gloria Carlin, Actor

Ellen H. Schwartz, Film Producer

Larry Webman, Agent, Wasserman

Emily Gerson Saines, Founding Manager/Producer, Brookside Artist Management

Michael Skloff, Composer, MSM

Joshua Feldman, Writer

Cory Richman, Manager, Liebman Entertainment

Sharon Paz, Senior Talent Agent, A3 Artists Agency

Jonathan Rubenstein, Producer, Crystal City Entertainment

Leah Yerushalaim, Agent, CAA

Brian Liebman, Manager, Liebman Entertainment

David Bickel, Writer/Producer

Samantha Nisenboim, Producer

Ruchel Freibrun, Marketing Specialist

David Caspi, Journalist, Golden Globes

Tommy Finkelstein, Head of Business Affairs, Independent Artist Group

Peter Biegen, Writer

Patrick J. Nicolas, Actor

Constantin Werner, Writer/Director/Producer, Rusalka Film

Jordan Silverberg, Head Of Music, Wild Card Creative Group

Susie Arons, President, Strategic Communications, 42West

Ben Winston, Partner, Fulwell 73

Jeff Refold, COO & CFO, Ryan Seacrest Productions

Robert Lantos, Producer, Serendipity Point Films

Beth Schwartz, Showrunner

Gideon Yago, Writer

Mel Nieves, Actor/Playwright/Screenwriter/Arts Educator

Phyllis Strong, Writer

Beverly D’Angelo, Actor

Ron Mix, Retired Professional Football Player

Shyla La’Sha, Actor

Ellen Lafair, President, Big Top Marketing and Promotions, Inc.

Robert Siegel, Writer/Showrunner

Mitchell Gossett, Talent Manager, Industry Entertainment

John Fogelman, CEO, FactoryMade Ventures

Tanisha Harper, Actress, Mariko Entertainment

Jonathan Golfman, Co-President Film, MRC

Allen Kates, Ghostwriter/Author, Holbrook Street Press

Hannah Li-Paz, Assistant, Echo Lake Management

Harris Doran, Writer/Director/Producer

Lawrence Kopeikin, Entertainment Lawyer, Kopeikin Law PC

Cindi Berger, Chairman, R&CPMK

Patricia Marin, Producer, Marin Group Productions

Andrew Carlberg, Producer

Yariv Milchan, Chairman and CEO, New Regency

Ashley Adler, Voice Actor

Ben goldmanRobert Zaccano, Executive Producer, Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg

Ali Axelrad, Actor

Trevor Raine Bush, Actor

Nancy Belle Novello-Hahn, Owner/Founder iRead2Know Radio Network iHeartRadio, iHeartRadio

Ann Kline, Music Supervisor

Jennifer Kim, Sr Manager, The Walt Disney Company

E Randolph Kielich, Visual & Photographic Artist, Broken Light Inc.

Dawn Solér, President, Working Music Entertainment LLC

William Todd Levinson, Actor, Independent

Jessica Kaminsky, Writer/Producer

Gary Mantoosh, Partner, The Initiative Group

Oliver Ewy, Actor

Beth Milstein, Writer

Eric Slee, Data Analyst, Writers Guild of America West

Julia McArthur, Actor

Matt Galsor, Partner, Greenberg Glusker

Jessica Sharzer, Screenwriter

Eileen O’Farrell, Owner/Manager, Eileen O’Farrell Personal Management

Tair Biton, Producer, One Night Only

Scott Rosenbaum, Showrunner/Writer

Sam Kott, Producer

Howard Brande, President & Executive Producer, Brain Bucket Productions, LLC

Hodayah Miller, Executive Assistant, HBO

Jan Kovac, Film Editor

Emma Andrus, Filmmaker

Amy Elmer, Events, CAA

Danielle Nebel, Actress

Dorit Rochelle, Publicist

Kevin Gimble, Agent

Lars Sylvest, Producer

Lawrence Bender, Producer, Lawrence Bender Productions

Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul, EVP, Publicity & Head of Communications, Disney Entertainment

Ashley Kline Shapiro, Vice President, Publicity, ABC Entertainment

Liza Chasin, Producer, 3dot Productions

Michael Diamond, Partner/Talent Agent, MGMT ENTERTAINMENT

Sheri Rosenberg Kelton, CEO/Literary and Talent Manager, SRK Entertainment

Jay Weisleder, Film & TV Producer, Fuego Films

Kristin Konig, Talent Manager, MGMT. Entertainment

Diana Garelik, Manager, Original Content Post Production, IMAX

Theodore Bressman, Writer

Andy Hirsch, Actor

Leonard Fisher, Music Engineer, L. F. Productions

Claire Kennedy, Writer, Baby Banana Productions

Gary Shlifer, Director/DP

Paul Farberman, President, Paul Farberman Entertainment

Robert Golenberg, Partner, Silver Lining Entertainment Productions

Melanie Elman, Talent Agent, Gersh

Maggie Lane, Writer/Producer, The Maggie Lane Company

Lindsay Arends, Actress

Scott Weinger, Writer/Actor

Sarah Abrams, Artist

Kia Kamran, Attorney, Kia Kamran P.C.

Esther Hornstein, Producer

Candi Zell, Actor

Joshua Jolcover, Editor, Dunphy Films, Inc.

Marc Gerber, Retired Film Marketing Executive/Creative Advertising Producer

Isabelle Marcus, CEO

Sally Ware, Manager, Industry Entertainment

Stu Levy, Founder and CEO, TOKYOPOP

Josh Radnor, Actor/Writer/Director

Steven Warner, Actor/Writer/Director, Trove Films

Larry Webster, President, Media Magik Entertainment

Courtney Kivowitz, Owner/Partner, MGMT. Entertainment

Aron Baumel, Partner, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP

Stephen Sewell, Screenwriter, ISM Films

Roger Kumble, Writer/Director

Kevin Asch, Director

Ben Goldman, A&R, ONErpm

Ori Marmur, VP, Original Studio Film, Netflix

Jay Levy, Writer/Producer, Jay Levy Entertainment

Oran Zegman, Film/TV Director, Van Zegman Films

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studio

Zosia Mamet, Actor

Mor Muriel Naim, Director/Writer

Anna Green, Promoter, Exceptional Artists

Shira Gross, Actor

Tara August, President, A Type, Inc.

Henry Selick, Animation Director, Twitching Image Inc.

Adam Kanter, Partner, Head of Motion Picture Literary, A3 Artists Agency

Stacey Sher, Film and Television Producer, Shiny Penny Productions

Russell Schwartz, Head of Business Affairs, Starz

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Limor Gott Ronen, Executive Producer, Gott Films

Maor Azran, Producer, MA Productions

Andy Given, EVP Production Administration, Sony

Howard Benson, Producer, Judge & Jury Records

Sheryl Feuerstein, Agency Owner, EastWest Media

Mollie Fermaglich, Writer

Constance Schwartz-Morini, Managing Partner/Co-Founder, SMAC Entertainment

Jonathan Prince, President, PhilmCo Media

Zoey Grayce, Actress

Jennifer Dietz, Partner/Founder, Animal Law Attorneys, PA

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Alicia Karlin, VP, Global Touring, AEG Presents

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Kevin Farley, Artist

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Alex Berechet, Location Scout

Odeya Rush, Actress

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Bob Ringe, CEO, Anime Entertainment LLC

Dan Signer, Writer/Producer

Viviane Telio, Film Agent, Verve

Adva Reichman, Writer/Director

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Nami Melumad, Composer

Richard Wolf, Producer/Composer, The Producers Lab, Inc.

Roni Weissman, Filmmaker

Josh Schaer, Writer/Producer

Mendel Goldman, Musical Artist, Born Entertainment

Marie Minnich, Website Developer, Lyrics On Demand

David Margolis, Photographer

David Rowell, Associate Professor, Arts and Entertainment Management, Dean College

Martin Masadao, Production Designer

Mary Jo Mennella, CEO, Music Asset Management, Inc.

Lisa Rockoff, Freelance Make-Up Artist

David Lasky, Producer, David Jay Lasky Productions

Lynn Silver, Actress/Writer

Annah Boyer, Actor

Dana Kaminski, Actor, Voiceover

Billy Schwartz, Film Acquisitions/Sales, Quiver Distribution

Karen Maine, Writer/Director

Julie Hermelin, Managing Partner, Gutsy Media

Julie Carson, Retired Sales Manager, Warner Bros

Camila Seta, Executive, CAA

John Kreidman, Producer

Gary Pearl, Television and Film Producer, Aquarius Content

Sharon Hart-Green, Writer

Michael Burwick, President, Strategic Sports, Media & Entertainment LLC

Charlotte Lichtman, Agent, CAA

Ethan Landzberg, Independent Producer

Louis Allen Epstein, Agent/Entertainer/Head Writer, Best Entertainers/AdamsDavy Productions

Cheryl Watson, Retired Theatre Teacher/Acting Coach

Bonnie Greenberg, Music Supervisor/Professor, Ocean Cities Entertainment/NYU

Douglas Denning, Screenwriter

Iddo Goldberg, Actor

Charles Horn, Writer

Louise O’Brien-Moran, VP Production & Deputy Film Commissioner, Manitoba Film & Music

Tory Howard, Vice President/Partner, Atlas Artists

Matt Sherman, Talent Manager, Matt Sherman Management

Douglas Edley, Talent Agent, UTA

Jessica Kantor, Agent, UTA

Frederic Richter, Archival Producer/Consultant

Emily Brundige, Animation Writer/Showrunner

Scott Halle, President, Gramercy Park Entertainment

Jess Parker, Actor

Brett Gursky, Writer/Director/Producer, Magic Hour

Danielle Solzman, Film Critic, Solzy at the Movies

Barry Weiss, Academy Member

Ann Cherkis, Writer/Producer

Christopher Lussier, Producer, Hollywood Motion Pictures

Anastasia Pozhidaeva, Screenwriter

Gary Kaplan, Singer/Performance Artist

James Cullen Bressack, Director/Producer, Sandaled Kid Productions

Natalie Shampanier, Screenwriter

Inon Shampanier, Writer/Director

Mark Owens, CEO, Rogers & Cowan/PMK

Dani O, Producer

Kevin Walsh, Producer, The Walsh Company

Allan Mandelbaum, Producer, Imagine

Shelly Amor, Artist

Brian Schneiderman, Writer

Heidi Peaster, Author

Jarrett Furst, Producer

Holly Spiegel, Engagement Manager, Motion Picture Television Fund

Cheynne Moye, Streamer/Content Creator/Activists, Twitch

Howard Stein, Film Professional

Suzanne Scara, Writer, Active Ingredients

Vincent Brown, Writer, Completely Plausible Prod.

Susan Gurman, Theatrical Agent, Gurman Agency LLC

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Ross Kohn, Producer

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Sweetwater (Blu-ray) Review- A Better Than Average Sports Biopic

One of my favorite genres of film is biopic. Especially sports biopics. I love a sports biopic about athletes or people I know about, but I like biopics about athletes I don’t know about more. Because I get to learn something new, I didn’t know. That’s what Sweetwater is about. It’s about the first Black NBA basketball player Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton (Everett Osborne). Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton…

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I love you Kevin Pollack, but Moishe Maisel sucks. Why the hell would you evict your daughter and grandchildren from their home because of something that your idiot son did?!

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Finale: We Bet You Didn’t Catch These Hidden Details

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Looking back, they actually make perfect sense. 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel aired its finale episode on Friday, May 26. And, quite frankly, it was marvelous. “Nothing is ever perfect, but I can’t think of a more perfect way to end [the series],” Marin Hinkle, who plays Rose Weissman, said at the show’s finale screening in Los Angeles. Said Alex Borstein, who plays Susie Myerson, “It felt like giving a daughter away at a wedding, like holy shit, my work here is done. My child is fully baked.” (Let this also serve as a warning that there are major finale spoilers ahead, so stop reading if you’re not caught up.)

The episode, titled “Four Minutes,” opens in 1965, with Lenny Bruce struggling on a small, smoke-filled stage. Susie watches from the sidelines, devastated that Bruce’s demons are getting the best of him. The real Bruce died in 1966, and it’s all but implied in this scene that the end is near. Even so, Susie tries to help him. He’s not interested, but before she leaves, he asks if Midge is there. Susie says no, but moments later we see Midge backstage. “He’s a mess, Miriam,” Susie relays.

Susie visits Lenny at a club in 1965.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video

The next scene opens four years earlier, in 1961, with Susie sleeping on a park bench. When the cops try to get her to move, she puts up a fight and is arrested. Midge is called to bail her out, which explains why she ran out of work before Gordon could tell her she’s going to appear on his show. After Susie is released, Susie confesses she asked Hedy to help get Midge on The Gordon Ford Show. Midge appreciates the gesture but quickly changes topics to talk about Susie’s personal life. It’s then that Susie admits she was involved with Hedy years earlier. “It was an unnatural pairing,” she says. “We looked ridiculous.” 

“It was tricky to do,” Borstein said of the scene. “I wanted it to still have some comedic value, like with the sugar bit, to temper her heartbreak and the delivery of that. But it was scary as an actress to be that vulnerable, and scary for Susie to be that vulnerable with Midge.”

Susie admits to Midge that she was involved with Hedy.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video

Later, Midge heads to work, where Gordon says, “You win, you’re on the show. Tonight.” He’s angry about having to put her on the show, but Midge knows big things are about to happen. And so, Midge does what anyone who’s about to make their late-night debut would do: heads to Bergdorf. 

Meanwhile, over at the Maisel factory, Moishe and Shirley break the news to Joel that after a near catastrophe in the shower and a come-to-Moses moment, they’ve decided to retire, sell the house, and get a condo in Boca Raton. “It was so wonderful how they landed the plane for Moishe and Shirley,” Caroline Aaron, who plays Shirley, told the audience at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. “They were really on the rocks, and they just finally had to know and acknowledge that they are each other’s people no matter what.” Kevin Pollak, who plays Moishe, was equally as thrilled with how his storyline wrapped up. “We were livid when we read the script that they were divorcing at the beginning of the season,” Pollack admitted. “We really freaked out.”

After Joel hears the surprising news about his parents, Midge calls to tell him that she’ll be on Gordon Ford. He’s proud of her and says it’s totally fine if she wants to roast him on air for cheating. “Have I ever told you you’re amazing?” Midge asks. “More than I deserve,” he replies. Brosnahan revealed at the panel that when Midge does any of her stand-up acts, she’s always wearing her wedding ring. Midge takes it off in her everyday life, of course, but it’s always on when she’s performing. 

Midge with her wedding ring on while performing stand-up in season four. Prime Video

Back to the episode: Abe gets home and tells Rose they have to get ready to see Midge on Gordon Ford, but Rose is humiliated and annoyed that her daughter never bothered to tell her the news herself. Of course, that was only because Rose unknowingly left the phone off the hook.

Rose and Abe forever. Philippe Antonello/Prime Video

Over in the green room at The Gordon Ford Show, Midge pulls out a fortune from a fortune cookie, smiles affectionately, and stuffs it into her bra. It doesn’t actually say anything other than a bunch of “lucky” numbers. We find out later it’s the fortune Lenny gave Midge months earlier, predicting her major break. “It was nice to have Lenny find a way into Midge’s life [through the fortune],” Luke Kirby noted.

But Midge’s joy soon turns to disappointment and anger when Gordon reveals Midge isn’t coming on the show to perform. “You’re coming on as a writer,” he says sternly. She’s stunned, and Susie runs after Gordon. It’s the ultimate dick move, and now it looks like The Gordon Ford Show isn’t going to be Midge’s big break after all. 

Even Mike (Jason Ralph) tries to convince Gordon to reconsider, but his boss isn’t having it. Meanwhile, the Weissmans and Maisels arrive for the live taping (and free swag), along with Joel, Archie, and Imogene. Backstage, Midge is gutted. Still, she plans on going on the show even if it means sitting on a stool and fielding softball questions about her job from Gordon.

And even in their brief on-air exchange, Midge manages to impress and get laughs from the audience. That only bruises Gordon’s ego even more, so he throws to commercial early, declaring himself done with the bit. Only problem is he still has four minutes left of airtime to fill. Mike finally convinces Gordon to continue “stool time” with Midge. In the interim, Abe and Rose call their daughter over to the railing to tell her how proud they are of her. “It was extraordinary [to have those scenes],” Hinkle said on the panel. “When I read that Rose was going to get to celebrate Midge, I really was thrilled.”

Seeing her mother’s pride and happiness, Midge stops short of telling Rose that she won’t actually be doing stand-up on the show after all. And as she makes her way back to the stool, she looks at the microphone. The camera circles around Midge as she eyes the one thing she wants most, just as we saw in the pilot episode. And so, she walks over to Susie and says, “I have four more minutes left. Four minutes. You hearing me? Four minutes. I’m thinking about doing something, Susie. Something very reckless. Something that could go very badly for both of us. It could ruin us. Definitely me, and you by extension.” 

Susie knows what Midge is up to and takes a beat before saying, “Look, you started your career by getting up on a stage that no one told you to get up on, saying a bunch of shit that no one wanted you to say. So…tits up.” (Said Brosnahan of the emotionally charged rally cry: “We couldn’t even look at each other in that moment.”)

Midge takes her seat on the stool next to Gordon and says, “Just so you know, it was not my intention to force your hand. I had hoped you would want to put me on someday.” He repeats his rule, that his writers will never be allowed to perform on the show. And just as they come back from commercial, Midge says, “I’ve just never been great about following the rules.” 

Midge tells the audience that she never came here to be a writer—she’s a comedienne, so she’s going to do just that. Gordon tries to stop her as she gets up to walk to the microphone, but she’s defiant. And with that, she embarks on the longest and most impressive four minutes of her life, harkening back to her first time on the Gaslight stage. It’s Brosnahan at her best, reminding us that we’ve been the lucky ones getting to watch her in this role the past five seasons.

“It was so terrifying and really cathartic,” Brosnahan said of Midge’s stand-up act, which was definitely longer than four minutes. “To step onto this set and do Midge’s first prolonged mental breakdown at the Gaslight in 2016, and then to be able to do this final set was really cathartic. All the emotions are real. In true Maisel fashion, I had about 48 hours [to learn] the full script. But I was so struck how enveloped I felt in love when doing that scene. I’ve never been so uplifted by a group of colleagues in my life.” Borstein added, “Every single take Rachel did was perfect. It was phenomenal.”

Phenomenal could also be used to describe the final few lines of Midge’s act, written by creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. “They say that ambition is an unattractive trait in a woman,” Midge says. “Maybe. But you know what’s really unattractive? Waiting around for something to happen, staring out a window thinking the life you should be living is out there somewhere but not being willing to open the door and go get it, even if someone tells you you can’t.”

In that moment, Brosnahan says her final “Thank you and goodnight!” while a jubilant Midge takes in the applause. She then catches Gordon’s eye, who is standing over at his desk, completely in awe of his “lady writer.” He then gestures for her to come over to the couch for an interview. 

“Folks, I don’t think you got a proper introduction to this lady,” he says. “And I’m going to remedy that right now. Ladies and gentlemen, making her first, but definitely not last, appearance on The Gordon Ford Show, the magnificent, the magical, the marvelous Mrs. Maisel!”

Midge—and Brosnahan—barely hold it together, as Brosnahan later reveals that she sobbed when Reid Scott (Gordon Ford) said that line at the final table read. 

The marvelous Mrs. Maisel, indeedPhilippe Antonello/Prime Video

What’s interesting is that even though Midge told Susie she didn’t care if Susie needed to call in a favor to get her on the show, it really was Midge who made her big moment happen. When all the cards seemed stack against her, Midge came through for herself when it meant the most.

“[The show] doesn’t claim that success will make you happy,” Brosnahan said in response to moderator Maureen Lee Lenker asking about Midge’s ending. “Or that having it all will fulfill every need you have. But Midge and Susie did what they set out to do.”

The episode doesn’t end there. At the end of the segment, Gordon whispers “you’re fired” into Midge’s ear, but she’s fine with it. She accomplished her goal. Susie—with tears in her eyes—knows it too. 

Then we rewind six months to snowy New York as Midge and Lenny sit inside the Wo Hop Chinese restaurant. It’s right after Midge and Lenny slept together, when he said he was going to take her out for some really terrible Chinese food. While finishing dinner, he opens her fortune cookie and tells her it says, “The spotlight waits for you center stage. All you have to do is step up and claim it. Once you do, everyone will know who you are, they will know your wit, intellect, smile, great expressive eyes, they will be helpless to your charms…” Midge realizes he’s making it up, but Lenny says, “Mark my words, in the very near, not so distant future, you will be paying for Chinese food.” She takes the fortune from him, which has only those lucky numbers on it. 

Said Kirby, “I thought it was a very effective ending to this chapter. I was over the moon.” And here’s a fun fact: Brosnahan and Kirby wrote their character names on a dollar bill and stuck it on the ceiling of that Chinese restaurant. “It’s in there somewhere,” she says. 

With that, the series does its last flash-forward; it’s 2005, and Midge (in her 70s) is sitting in her office penthouse as her team relays her upcoming schedule. After they leave, she wanders throughout her expansive penthouse apartment, straightens the framed wedding photo of her and Joel, and then eats alone in the kitchen as her staff works around her. She eventually settles in for the evening in a small room, reminiscent of her old life back at the Weissman apartment, and calls Susie, who is literally among the birds, living her best life in a caftan. (“It’s very disconcerting to see yourself that old,” Borstein deadpanned.) 

Midge has called Susie so they can watch Jeopardy!together on VHS tape. (“We have to hear the answers at the same time!” Midge shouts.) Even in their lavish settings, it’s the simpleness of watching a game show together that brings these two peace. They laugh until it hurts, and then the scene fades to black. As the credits roll, images of iconic Maisel locations are shown, from Steiner Resort in the Catskills to the Fontainebleau in Miami, and viewers are left knowing that Midge and Susie have gotten what they wanted: success. 

And yet, as Borstein pointed out, “This show about these two strong women. They both get what they want, but they both are very much alone.” So would they say it was worth it? 

“I think the money Susie got brought her peace,” Borstein said. “She could take off the suspenders, the hat, the leather coat, and be in a big caftan where she could just breathe and be and take up all the space.” Added Brosnahan, “I think Midge thinks it was worth it. I asked Amy whether Joel and Midge would ever get back together back in season one, and she said they’d never be on the same page again and she’ll always look back at the day before Joel left her as the happiest day of her life. I love that both of those things live inside Midge. She’s never been as happy as she was, but she’s also led this deeply fulfilling and curious life that would otherwise not be true.”

Other Maisel Fun Facts:

Brosnahan says the gray dress with the red, white, and blue bow that Midge wore on her first day at B. Altman is her favorite look. 

Midge’s suit at B. Altman department store in season twoNicole Rivelli/Prime Video

All the photos on the piano in the final flash-forward were of Midge with other famous celebrities. “We spent an entire day taking photos and photoshopping me into photos that are on the piano with every famous person.”

Throughout the series run, Midge had 320 costume changes. The costume department also built over 800 hats, shopped from over 2,270 vintage shops, and fit 38,000 background actors. 

Finally, according to Emmy-winning costume designer Donna Zakowska, other than the end of season one (although we do see flashbacks to her wedding dress), Midge finished every season dressed in white, which Zakowska called “cleaning the palette.” Let’s take a look, shall we?

Midge at the end of season twoNicole Rivelli Photographie

Midge at the end of season threePhilippe Antonello/Prime Video

Midge at the end of season fourPrime Video

Midge at the end of season fivePhilippe Antonello/Prime Video

And with that, thank you and goodnight.

Jessica Radloff is the Glamour senior West Coast editor and author of the New York Times best-selling bookThe Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, available here.

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