Bob Verini
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Bringing Home the Best Parts of Awards Season
Let’s admit it: Awards season hasn’t always been easy, but it’s been a lot of fun. There’s the checking in with friends, long-unseen, the hobnobbing with celebs at luncheons. And then there are the panels — those candid get-togethers where contenders recount to their peers how film and TV’s most lauded projects got made. Sure, […] → Read More
Charting the Cash So Singers Can Top the Charts
A business manager in show business can keep celebrity clients exclusively focused on “show,” because talent doesn’t have to worry about taking care of business. Veteran rocker Michael McDonald is one of those happy to hand over the financial reins. “It takes all the energy and time and concentration I can muster to just do […] → Read More
Coffee Heroes Pour Their Hearts Into Jobs for People With Disabilities
Amy and Ben Wright, co-founders of North Carolina-based Bitty & Beau’s Coffee tell their story during the coronavirus crisis. → Read More
Telecom CEO Battles Coronavirus on the Job and at Home
As Chief Executive of BT Group PLC, Philip Jansen is a major player in keeping his nation’s communications network humming. → Read More
José Andrés, Dave Matthews Join Forces to Empower People Through Food
Among the celebrities video-sharing messages of support in the COVID-19 crisis, famed chef-restaurateur José Andrés stands apart. → Read More
Previous Oscar Nominees Get Another Shot at Gold
Invitation to that most exclusive of groups, the Oscar winners club, must be gratifying to those who have come up short in the past. Some have had to put a brave face before the cameras on double-d… → Read More
Hollywood’s Long History With Real-Life Characters Leads to Oscars
Since 2000, slightly more than half the lead actor and actress Oscars (21 out of 38) have gone to portrayals of real-life individuals. It’s a bias that dates back to George Arliss and “Disraeli” (1… → Read More
Oscars 2020: Global Conflicts Resonate Stateside
From "1917" to "Jojo Rabbit" and "Parasite," best picture nominees spotlight the cost of war and economic inequitites → Read More
Oscars Contenders Illuminate American Past and Present
Great movies always speak directly to the here and now regardless of their actual settings. Taken together, six of 2019’s best-picture nominees manage to survey still-potent American themes across … → Read More
Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’ to Give L.A.’s FYC Season a Thrilling Jolt
Weary of awards season? Has it all begun to feel like a chore — the formalwear, the banquets, the screenings and Q&A’s, and a list of screeners that never seems to shrink? For your considerati… → Read More
Oscars Dreamers Shoot for the Gold
It’s called the Dream Factory for a reason. Hollywood has been churning out movies about dreamers for decades, and this year’s best picture contenders follow that cinematic tradition: Dreamers abou… → Read More
Broadway Review: Mike Birbiglia’s ‘The New One’
The storyteller's first Broadway outing is an empathetic character study with comedy-club pizzazz. → Read More
Broadway Review: ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’
Stubbornly inconsequential, it’s a morally uplifting fairy tale of which everyone, young and old alike, can be skeptical. → Read More
‘Moulin Rouge!’ Pre-Brodway Review with Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit –
Yes they can-can -- they can transform Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 absinthe-tinged fantasia “Moulin Rouge!” into a socko stage spectacular. → Read More
Regional Theater Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’
Always engaging, often moving, and even rousing, the show boasts dramatic interest and integrity on its own theatrical terms. → Read More
‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Review: Alanis Morissette’s New Show –
Always engaging, often moving, and even rousing, the show boasts dramatic interest and integrity on its own theatrical terms. → Read More
Script Classics: The Truth About Facebook
Aaron Sorkin finds Rashômon at the heart of the world’s biggest Internet success story with his film The Social Network. → Read More
Ridley Scott’s ‘All the Money in the World’ Star-Switch Pays Off
A mere 76 days before scoring an Oscar nomination for playing ruthless tycoon J. Paul Getty in “All the Money in the World,” Christopher Plummer wasn’t even in the movie. But scandal swirling aroun… → Read More
Locations Play Key Roles in Screenwriters’ Visions
When a movie creates a vivid sense of place — as so many of 2017’s best do — people rightly credit the director, cinematographer and production designer. But before that team works its magic, a shrewd screenwriter will try to provide pointed hints as to how locale ought to serve story. → Read More
CRAFT: Eyes On The Prize – How To Write Your Way To An Oscar®
Bob Verini analyzes writing-award statistics to give you some hints to beat the odds and write an Oscar-worthy screenplay. → Read More