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Chris Phillips

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Denis Leary Updates His ‘A**hole’ Song for 2025
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On Denis Leary’s No Cure for Cancer album, released in 1993, the first track was a dirty musical ditty called “Asshole.” Given the profane title and lyrics, the song was unexpectedly popular, getting regular play on MTV and reaching number two on the Australian music charts.

The song was Leary’s ode to the everyman, “just a regular Joe with a regular job … your average, white suburbanite slob.” The song’s protagonist likes football and porn and books about war — and when he’s bored, he gets his kicks by being an asshole just to piss people off. Among his offenses:

I drive really slow in the ultra-fast lane

While people behind me are going insane

I use public toilets and I piss on the seat

I walk around in the summer time, saying, “How about this heat?”

Sometimes, I park in handicapped spaces

While handicapped people make handicapped faces

You get the idea,...
See full article at Cracked
  • 1/24/2025
  • Cracked
Google-owned navigation platform Waze lays off employees
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San Francisco, June 28 (Ians) Google is reportedly laying off employees from its navigation and mapping company Waze, as it aims to merge mapping products.

The tech giant is moving Waze over to Google’s ads system which means there will be job cuts at Waze in “sales, marketing, operations and analytics,” reports CNBC.

The report cited an email by Chris Phillips, VP and Gm of Google’s Geo unit, which read that the company hopes to “create a more scalable and optimised Waze Ads product”.

Waze has more than 500 employees and it was not clear how many of those will lose jobs.

“We have decided to transition Waze’s ads monetisation to be managed by the Global Business Organisation (Gbo), similar to Google Maps,” Phillips wrote in the email.

“Unfortunately, this will result in a reduction of Waze Ads monetisation-focused roles in sales, marketing, operations and analytics,” the email noted.
See full article at GlamSham
  • 6/28/2023
  • by Agency News Desk
  • GlamSham
Ryan Reynolds Heads To Ottawa, Meets With Mayor Amid Efforts To Buy Senators
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Ryan Reynolds is continuing his attempts to buy the Ottawa Senators.

The Canadian actor headed down to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s offices on Thursday, sharing a photo with him and Remington Group president, Chris Bratty.

According to CTV News Ottawa, Reynolds has joined forces with the Toronto-based real estate developers in a bid to own the NHL team.

Read More: Ryan Reynolds Is Building Canada’s Largest Film And TV Studio In Markham

He posted a snap on social media, alongside the caption: “Ottawa friends,” and the Canadian flag emoji.

Ottawa friends. pic.twitter.com/bK7xYgHW0s

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) March 30, 2023

Bratty and senior Ottawa Senators officials — including president of business operations Anthony LeBlanc and vice-president of business operations Chris Phillips — were allegedly seen leaving the National Capital Commission headquarters.

Reynolds, on the other hand, is thought to have snuck through a side-door to avoid being questioned about the possible purchase.
See full article at ET Canada
  • 3/30/2023
  • by Becca Longmire
  • ET Canada
Bruce Springsteen Ticket Prices Cause ‘Backstreets’ Fanzine To Shutter In Protest
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Backstreets, the respected Bruce Springsteen fanzine, is calling it quits to protest the “dynamic pricing” that has led to sky-high concert ticket costs.

“After 43 years of publishing in one form or another, by fans for fans of Bruce Springsteen, it’s with mixed emotions that we announce Backstreets has reached the end of the road,” publisher and editor-in-chief Christopher Phillips wrote in an editorial.

Backstreets began publishing in 1980, and became a go-to resource for insider information on The Boss and his plans. It had an international circulation and was fan-run.

“If you read the editorial Backstreets published last summer in the aftermath of the U.S. ticket sales, you have a sense of where our heads and hearts have been: dispirited, downhearted, and, yes, disillusioned. It’s not a feeling we’re at all accustomed to while anticipating a new Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour,” Phillips wrote.
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 2/5/2023
  • by Bruce Haring
  • Deadline Film + TV
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Springsteen Fans Raged Over Ticket Prices. Experts Say There’s No Easy Fix
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For the past four decades, Backstreets Magazine has devoted itself entirely to the world of Bruce Springsteen. Longtime editor and superfan Christopher Phillips and his team treat every new album, archival release, and concert as joyous affairs. But on July 24, days after Springsteen’s long-awaited E Street Band tour went on sale and stunned fans who came across tickets costing upwards of 5,000, Phillips and company found themselves in the unusual position of writing a deeply critical editorial about their hero.

“This past week, too many Springsteen fans got thrown to the wolves,...
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 8/2/2022
  • by Andy Greene and Ethan Millman
  • Rollingstone.com
Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
Remember Face? Checking In With the Voice Behind Nick Jr.'s Lovable Mascot
Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
Hi there, Face here! Chances are, if you're a '90s kid who grew up on Nick Jr., you didn't just read that sentence, but you also heard it. Because, when you were sick at home and curled up on the couch, it was that voice of Nickelodeon's animated host who announced your favorite shows like Blue's Clues, Gullah Gullah Island, Little Bear, Allegra's Window and Eureeka's Castle. (And yes, reading that lineup has us feeling nostalgic Af too.) But did you ever stop and think about putting a name to, well, the Face? We did. And we found Chris Phillips, who has been lending his voice to Nickelodeon since 1994. (Though the...
See full article at E! Online
  • 4/29/2022
  • E! Online
Casting call for actress with Williams Syndrome for feature ‘Always & Everywhere’
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Steve Vidler’s 2019 film Standing Up For Sunny, which centred on a comedian with cerebral palsy, ignited in the director a passion for bringing stories of people with disability to screen, driving forward his next project, Always & Everywhere.

The feature, written by Chris Phillips, is inspired by a life-changing event from her childhood and the ‘magical healing qualities’ of Sydney’s Currawong Beach.

The script has been through various different options since 2005 (under the title Six Weeks in Heaven), but Vidler’s suggestion to Phillips, his partner in Sidekick Pictures, that the young main character be reworked to have Williams Syndrome, has given it new momentum.

The film centres on Celeste, a 9-year-old girl whose quirky expressiveness, enthusiasm and lack of social boundaries makes her an outcast. When her beloved teen brother Hal is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Celeste vows to help him achieve three rites-of-passage wishes. So when...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 10/5/2021
  • by Jackie Keast
  • IF.com.au
Applications open for Heath Ledger Scholarship
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Applications are open for Australians in Film’s (AiF) Heath Ledger Scholarship, which is returning after a two-year hiatus.

Awarded to emerging Australian actors with international aspirations, the scholarship has so far been awarded ten times, with previous recipients including Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her), Cody Fern (American Crime Story), Ashleigh Cummings (Citadel), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence) and Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight).

This year’s winner will receive a $US10,000 cash prize to support living expenses in the US while studying, a return economy flight to the US, plus educational and career preparation, ranging from private acting coaching to immigration assistance.

The National Film & Sound Archive of Australia (Nfsa) is also partnering with AiF to offer the scholarship recipient the opportunity to have their submission reel profiled in the National Collection,

The AiF is strongly encouraging applications from under-represented members of the Australian acting community to apply.

Bingwa, who was named the 2018 recipient,...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 9/2/2021
  • by Staff Writer
  • IF.com.au
Raffey Cassidy in The Other Lamb (2019)
Australians in Film offers two months free membership, access to webinars
Raffey Cassidy in The Other Lamb (2019)
‘The Other Lamb’ panel (top) Krista Carpenter, Catherine S. McMullen, (bottom) Chris Deckard, Stephanie Wilcox.

Responding to the Covid-19 crisis, Australians in Film (AiF) is giving existing members two months free membership and extending that offer to new members.

To help members to stay connected and to support each other, the organisation is running a series of online events including sessions with Bloom creator Glen Dolman and Truant Pictures’ Toby Nalbandian and Greg Schmidt.

AiF executive director Peter Ritchie tells If: “One of AiF’s core values is community. Our strength comes from our members and partners internationally and together we will get through this.

“The staff with the support of the board pivoted very quickly to move our entire programming online. We are having global networking events twice a week with our members in La and Australia, meditation classes with writer Chris Phillips in Byron Bay and our Hollywood...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 4/6/2020
  • by The IF Team
  • IF.com.au
Chris Phillips
Aidc 2020: Winners of the Al Jazeera/Screen Australia Witness pitch
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Chris Phillips, Caro Macdonald and Anu Hasbold (Photo credit: Nicola Bernardi).

At The Coalface, This Is Reality and Give Us Green, Darling! are the three winners of the Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English Witness pitching competition, held at the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) in Melbourne earlier this week.

Each project receives a $100,000 commission, with 50/50 funding from Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English to make a 25-minute documentary which will be released on Aje Witness platforms.

Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim said: “The pitches and trailers presented at Aidc blew us away with the quality of their subject rigour, visual impact and diversity of ideas.”

“These three teams have earned a unique opportunity to build professional relationships and learn from collaborating with an international, award-winning documentary platform to take their stories to the world.”

Aje Witness Ep Fiona Lawson-Baker said: “We are so excited to move ahead...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 3/5/2020
  • by jkeast
  • IF.com.au
Bruce Springsteen at an event for Golden Globe Awards (2009)
Bruce Springsteen Opening His Vault for Asbury Park Music + Film Fest
Bruce Springsteen at an event for Golden Globe Awards (2009)
Bruce Springsteen is opening his vault — again — at Asbury Park this spring.

Asbury Park Music + Film Festival, director Thom Zimny and the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University announced Tuesday that The Bruce Springsteen Archives will screen at Asbury Park’s Paramount Theatre on Saturday, April 25th at 4:00 p.m. Archives features various clips of Springsteen’s performances over the year.

Like last year, a panel discussion and Q&a will take place afterward, moderated by Backstreets editor Chris Phillips. Tickets can be found are on sale now.
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 1/21/2020
  • by Patrick Doyle
  • Rollingstone.com
Jon Landau at an event for 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2010)
The Night Bruce Springsteen Became ‘Rock and Roll Future’
Jon Landau at an event for 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2010)
The story of how Jon Landau saw Bruce Springsteen play at Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Harvard Square Theater on May 9th, 1974 and then declared him “rock and roll future” in Boston’s Real Paper, creating a tidal wave of hype that crested with the release of Born to Run the following year, has been told many times. What’s far less known is that a young photographer named Barry Schneier was perched near the stage that night, snapping gorgeous photographs of the early show and the late show along with the soundcheck.
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 8/13/2019
  • by Andy Greene
  • Rollingstone.com
Shorts and web series shortlisted for Aacta Awards to screen at festival event
‘Sarah’s Channel’ is among the projects shortlisted for the Aacta Award for Best Online Series.

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) will screen a selection of the projects shortlisted for the Aacta Awards for best short film, best short animation, best short documentary and best online series as part of Shorts+Web Fest, a free event to be held in Sydney late August.

The two-day festival, to be hosted by Jan Fran (The Feed), will feature screenings, masterclasses, Q&a interviews, stand-up comedy, as well as food trucks, pop-up bars and a live DJ. The event will culminate in special guests Danielle Cormack and Jake Ryan announcing the nominees for each category.

Among the projects shortlisted for best short film are Gracie Otto’s Desert Dash; Jane Cho’s The Egg; Marcus McKenzie’s The Projectionist, which won five prizes at the South Australian Screen Awards; Madeleine Gottlieb’s Snare,...
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 7/29/2019
  • by jkeast
  • IF.com.au
Vancouver Film: "Batwoman", "Siren", "Supergirl"
From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for July 2019, including "Batwoman", "Siren", "Supergirl" and a whole lot more:

New Media Feature

A Babysitters Guide To Monster Hunting

Local Production Company: Double Double Productions Ulc.

Director: Rachel Talalay

Producer: Ivan Reitman, Amie Karp

Aug 06/19 - Oct 16/19

The Main Event

Local Production Company: Main Event Movie Inc.

Director: Jay Karas

Producer: Ian Hay

Jun 19/19 - Aug 12/19

TV Movie

Christmas Harmony

Local Production Company: Chp Productions Ltd.

Director: Catherine Cyran

Producer: Greg Malcolm, Vicki Sotheran

Jun 17/19 - Jul 08/19

Killer In The Guest House

Local Production Company: Thriller Productions Inc.

Director: Tony Dean Smith

Producer: Navid Soofi

Jun 17/19 - Jul 03/19

Random Acts Of Christmas

Local Production Company: Jolly Productions Inc.

Director: Marita Grabiak

Producer: Navid Soofi

Jun 17/19 - Jul 08/19

Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen

Local Production Company: Ss&s Productions Inc.

Director: David Winning

Producer: Vicki Sotheran, Greg Malcolm

Jul 08/19 - Jul 25/19

Shopping...
See full article at SneakPeek
  • 6/24/2019
  • by Unknown
  • SneakPeek
Netflix Orders ‘The Healing Powers Of Dude’ Family Live Action Comedy Series
Netflix has ordered eight episodes of The Healing Powers of Dude, a family live action single camera comedy series from Erica Spates and Sam Littenberg-Weisberg. Richie Keen directs four episodes and executive produces.

Co-created by Spates and Littenberg-Weisberg based on personal experience with social anxiety disorder, The Healing Powers of Dude centers on Noah, an 11-year-old boy with social anxiety disorder. When Noah has to start middle school, he turns to a mutt named Dude, a sarcastic emotional support dog who might need Noah as much as Noah needs him.

The series stars Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!), Larisa Oleynik, Laurel Emory (Heartstrings), Mauricio Lara, Sophie Jaewon Kim, Dude the Dog, and newcomer Jace Chapman.
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 6/20/2019
  • by Denise Petski
  • Deadline Film + TV
Vancouver Film - "90210", "Project Blue Book", "Altered Carbon"
From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2019, including  "90210", "Project Blue Book", "Altered Carbon" and a whole lot more:

New Media Feature

Coffee & Kareem

Local Production Company: Coffee Break Productions Inc.

Director: Michael J.E. Dowse

Producer: Ed Helms, Michael Falbo, Dan Clarke

Apr 22/19 - Jun 04/19

Operation Christmas Drop

Local Production Company: Ocd Productions Inc.

Director: Martin Wood

Producer: Steve McGlothen

May 22/19 - Jun 28/19

The Main Event

Local Production Company: Main Event Movie Inc.

Director: Jay Karas

Producer: Ian Hay

Jun 17/19 - Aug 16/19

TV Movie

All Summer Long

Local Production Company: Anchor Road Productions Ltd.

Director: Peter DeLuise

Producer: Harvey Kahn

Jun 03/19 - Jun 24/19

Darrow And Darrow 4 - Burden Of Proof

Local Production Company: Darrow 4 Productions Inc.

Director: Michael Robison

Producer: Jamie Goehring, Kevin Leslie

Jun 03/19 - Jun 21/19

Mystery 101: Movie 3 - Words Can Kill

Local Production Company: MU3 Productions Inc.

Director: Andy Mikita

Producer: Jamie Goehring,...
See full article at SneakPeek
  • 5/28/2019
  • by Unknown
  • SneakPeek
Pandora Wants to Recommend Your Next Podcast
Two decades ago, Pandora launched the Music Genome Project, a.k.a. the backbone of its Internet radio service, and changed music discovery forever. No longer did fans sift through clunky physical or digital record stores to find new artists to love; Pandora’s meticulous recommendation engine served that all up effortlessly to them. Now, the music company — which has been through tough times of late, reorganizing and figuring out a fresh identity after swinging back from the cusp of bankruptcy — wants to do the same for podcasts.

Pandora on Tuesday rolled out a public,...
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 11/14/2018
  • by Amy X. Wang
  • Rollingstone.com
All Pandora Premium Users Can Now Enjoy Personalized Playlists
Music streaming service Pandora revealed its plans earlier this year to grant its users the luxury of personalized playlists, a direct retaliation to the competing Spotify service. In March, Pandora began gifting select users some personalized playlists, and company chief product officer Chris Phillips has confirmed through a blog post that they have finished rolling out […]

Source: uInterview

The post All Pandora Premium Users Can Now Enjoy Personalized Playlists appeared first on uInterview.
See full article at Uinterview
  • 5/28/2018
  • by Matt Reisine
  • Uinterview
Denis Leary at an event for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
How Denis Leary Brought Us The Best and Weirdest ‘Hamilton’ Tribute of The Year — Watch
Denis Leary at an event for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
This month, FX aired something insane and magic and impossible to describe. It came courtesy of a show you are likely not watching – unless you’re a diehard fan of Denis Leary and/or single-camera comedies about rock music. It stars an artist whose contributions to film, television and theater are prolific and vast, who performs an homage to Broadway’s most game-changing musical of the last several decades.

Read More: Denis Leary Explains How ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 Blossomed With A Woman’s Touch

Really, the only way to explain it is simply to show you — so below, please watch Campbell Scott (as “himself”) perform the climatic track of “Feast,” the “Hamilton”-inspired musical-within-a-show created this season for “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.”

Yes. Campbell Scott is rapping.

How did this happen? Indeed, it started with “Hamilton” — but David Bowie also had a lot to do with it.

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“Sex...
See full article at Indiewire
  • 9/1/2016
  • by Liz Shannon Miller
  • Indiewire
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