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Kate Simmons

Indie Horror Month 2021: Sunday Shorts Featuring The Ghost House, Nepenthes and Electromagnetic
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Happy Sunday, everyone! Last weekend, we shared with you our first batch of short films that we’re showcasing as part of our ongoing Indie Horror Month celebration here on Daily Dead. And today, we’re back with a brand new trio of genre shorts to keep you entertained, so we hope you’re ready for some fun.

On tap for this week’s Sunday Shorts is The Ghost House from Zach Lorkiewicz, Ariel Hansen’s Nepenthes and Electromagnetic by Andrew Marks.

We hope you enjoy these quick bites of fright - cheers!

The Ghost House (Directed by Zach Lorkiewicz)

Synopsis: This video is cursed.

Nepenthes (Directed by Ariel Hansen)

Synopsis: Max is desperate to make a meaningful connection, but when she decides to meet an online dating match at home she gets herself into a painfully sticky situation.

Starring: Ariel Stack and Tristan Risk

Electromagnetic (Directed by Andrew Marks...
See full article at DailyDead
  • 4/11/2021
  • by Heather Wixson
  • DailyDead
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons, ‘Animal House’ and ‘Vacation’ Producer, Dies at 93
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Media executive Matty Simmons, a producer of the influential “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation” comedy movies, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 93.

His daughter, Kate Simmons, announced the news on her Instagram account on Thursday.

“Yesterday I lost my hero,” she wrote, in part. “My dad had gone from the sharpest, healthiest 93 year old most people have encountered to abruptly having every imaginable issue except corona. What he did in a lifetime was legendary.”

Matty Simmons was a Brooklyn native and an executive VP at the Diners Club credit card company. He founded Twenty First Century Communications in 1967 with Len Mogel to publish countercultural magazine Cheetah, then went on to publish Weight Watchers and National Lampoon magazines.

The National Lampoon launched in 1970 as a spinoff of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine, which led to the 1972 stage show “Lemmings” and “The National Lampoon Radio Hour.” Performers included...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 5/1/2020
  • by Dave McNary
  • Variety Film + TV
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons Dies: National Lampoon Co-Founder & ‘Animal House’, ‘Vacation’ Producer Was 93
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons, a founder of the Diners Club credit card and Weight Watchers magazine who found his highest profile success after co-founding National Lampoon magazine and producing film offshoots including Animal House and the Vacation franchise, died Wednesday in Los Angeles following a brief, non-coronavirus-related illness. He was 93.

Simmons death was announced by his daughter Kate Simmons.

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“Yesterday I lost my hero,” Kate Simmons wrote on Instagram. “My dad had gone from the sharpest, healthiest 93 year old most people have encountered to abruptly having every imaginable issue except corona.”

An author of nine books including the 2012 memoir Fat, Drunk, and Stupid: The Making of Animal House (St. Martins Press), Simmons made...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 5/1/2020
  • by Greg Evans
  • Deadline Film + TV
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons, 'National Lampoon' Co-Founder and 'Animal House' Producer, Dies at 93
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons, who co-founded the National Lampoon magazine and produced films including Animal House and the Vacation movies starring Chevy Chase, died Wednesday, his daughter announced. He was 93.

"Yesterday I lost my hero," daughter Kate Simmons wrote in an Instagram post. "My dad had gone from the sharpest, healthiest 93-year-old most people have encountered to abruptly having every imaginable issue except corona."

The Brooklyn-born Simmons, a top executive with Diners Club, the first credit card company, was brought on to assist Harvard Lampoon alumni Doug Kenney and Henry Beard in the publication of National Lampoon, with the first ...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
  • 5/1/2020
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons, 'National Lampoon' Co-Founder and 'Animal House' Producer, Dies at 93
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Matty Simmons, who co-founded the National Lampoon magazine and produced films including Animal House and the Vacation movies starring Chevy Chase, died Wednesday, his daughter announced. He was 93.

"Yesterday I lost my hero," daughter Kate Simmons wrote in an Instagram post. "My dad had gone from the sharpest, healthiest 93-year-old most people have encountered to abruptly having every imaginable issue except corona."

The Brooklyn-born Simmons, a top executive with Diners Club, the first credit card company, was brought on to assist Harvard Lampoon alumni Doug Kenney and Henry Beard in the publication of National Lampoon, with the first ...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 5/1/2020
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wine company Casella to ‘crowd brew’ its first beer
Wine company Casella is to produce its first beer, and is asking consumers to help it choose the ingredients.

The Perfect Lager Project, devised new agency AnalogFolk, is a campaign to ‘crowd brew’ the perfect Australian lager.

The first phase of the campaign is a ‘call to arms’ for beer drinkers to download an app to give feedback on every beer they drink. The data will be used to make a lager that will be on the market by June.

Above the line advertising, trade marketing, experiential and PR will support the initial digital push.

“Most other beer brands talk about their heritage, but being new to market, we didn’t have that luxury or inclination. Our aim is to try something different and involve the Australian beer drinker in the process,” Matt Grogan, AnalogFolk’s creative director, said.

Fiona Seath, Casella’s newly-appointed senior brand manager for beer, added:...
See full article at Encore Magazine
  • 4/20/2012
  • by Robin Hicks
  • Encore Magazine
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