In this episode, we welcome Taylor Shaw, Head of Film Outreach at Kickstarter. In our discussion, Taylor dives deep into Kickstarter’s new strategic partnership with Tubi. She also offers insights into running successful campaigns on the fundraising platform, shares best practices on building an audience, and much more.
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The Netflix Chief Who Insists He Won’t Ruin Hollywood
Ted Sarandos, a movie buff and one-time video-store clerk, may soon oversee the iconic Warner Bros. studio
Ted Sarandos has minted his status as an entertainment power broker, but he still feels the need to tell the world that he’s not trying to destroy Hollywood.
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Why Jamie Lee Curtis Is Thankful Her Mom Didn’t Let Her Audition for ‘The Exorcist’ as a Child
The Oscar winner eventually made her horror film debut in 1978’s ‘Halloween.’
While Jamie Lee Curtis is now famously known as the Scream Queen, she recently revealed that her mom actually stopped her from making her horror film debut as a child. During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the Oscar winner recalled a producer wanting her to audition for 1973’s The Exorcist. However, she said her mother, Janet Leigh, declined the opportunity for her then preteen daughter.
“He called my mom and said, ‘Hey, I’m producing the movie of the book The Exorcist.’ Will you let Jamie audition for it?’” Curtis recounted. “And at the time I was probably 12 and, like, cute and kind of sassy and I had some personality, and I’m sure he saw me at a party and was like, ‘Oh, she’d be funny.’ And my mother said, ‘No.’”
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