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Jeffrey Friedman, MD, FACS, FASMBS, discusses gastroparesis, a challenging condition where the stomach's delayed emptying triggers discomforting symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bloating, and abdominal pain. He explores how precise diagnostic tests and a range of treatment options, from dietary changes to advanced surgical solutions, can offer relief and improve quality of life.
In this episode, Vangeline has a conversation with her collaborator Emmy-Award winner Machine Dazzle, discussing their new project "Venus Ex Machina", costumes for MAN WOMAN, life as an artist, and the importance of saying yes. For more information about this new project visit www.vangeline.com and Instagram Instagram: @machinedazzle @vangelinebutoh https://www.vangeline.com/news/2024/8/15/venus-ex-machina-machine-dazzle-and-vangeline Machine Dazzle. Emmy award winner and beloved downtown bon vivant and all-around creative provocateur Machine Dazzle has been dazzling stages via costumes, sets, and performances since his arrival in New York in 1994. An artist, costume designer, set designer, singer/songwriter, art director, and maker, Machine describes himself as a radical queer emotionally driven, instinct-based concept artist and thinker trapped in the role of costume designer, sometimes. Machine designs intricate, unconventional wearable art pieces and bespoke installations. As a stage designer, Machine has collaborated with artists from the New York downtown scene and beyond – including Julie Atlas Muz, Big Art Group, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, Taylor Mac, Basil Twist, Godfrey Reggio, Jennifer Miller, The Dazzle dancers, Big Art Group, Mike Albo, Stanley Love, Soomi Kim, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Opera Philadelphia, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, the Curran Theatre, and Spiegelworld; and has created bespoke looks for fashion icons including designer Diane von Furstenberg and model Cara Delevingne for the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala. Machine's costumes and sets were featured in Taylor Mac's Pulitzer Prize-nominated A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. A documentary feature film directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein and co-produced by Pomegranate Arts will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023. In 2019, Machine was commissioned by Guggenheim Works and Process and The Rockefeller Brothers to create Treasure, a rock-and-roll cabaret of original songs including a fashion show inspired by the content. Recent collaborations include the Catalyst Quartet on Bassline Fabulous – a reimagining of Bach's Goldberg Variations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his debut collaboration with Opera Lafayette, for the historic premiere of the never-before-seen Rameau comedic opéra-ballet, Io. Dazzle was a co-recipient the 2017 Bessie Award for Outstanding Visual Design, the winner of a 2017 Henry Hewes Design Award, and a 2022 United States Artists Fellow. He delivered a TED Talk at TED Vancouver in 2023. Machine Dazzle's work has been exhibited internationally. His first solo exhibition, Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle, was held at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City in 2022. https://www.vangeline.com/ https://www.pomegranatearts.com/projects-and-artists/machine-dazzle https://www.hbo.com/movies/taylor-macs-24-decade-history-of-popular-music
Questions, comments? Shoot me a text.Ever wondered why despite feeling full, you still reach for that extra bite? Discover the fascinating world of metabolic hormones in this episode of the Simplicity of Wellness podcast. We unravel the discovery of leptin by Dr. Jeffrey Friedman and its profound implications on obesity and weight management. Learn how this "I'm full" hormone, produced in fat cells, influences satiety and what happens when its signals go awry. We'll also explore the intricate dance between leptin and insulin, and how inflammation can throw this delicate balance into turmoil, impacting everything from energy production to immune function.Looking to get a grip on your dietary habits without turning your life upside down? We've got you covered. This episode guides you through a practical approach to balancing your metabolic hormones by examining your current diet. Conduct a food inventory with us to reflect on your sugar and carbohydrate intake, and learn simple, effective tweaks to improve your metabolic health. Whether you're aiming to shed a few pounds, build muscle, or simply feel better, we offer actionable advice to reconnect with your body and enjoy the foods you love. Tune in, share your thoughts, and don't miss next week's episode for more insights and tips on your wellness journey!Protein Snack Challenge: Get It HereWeight Loss Coaching Program: Hangry to Healthy™Get Your Food Audit HereWhat to Eat Guide: Healthy Food ListSchedule Your Free Consult: Lose Weight For The Last TimeWebsite: The Simplicity of WellnessFollow Me on Instagram
EDDIE MURPHY RETURNS TO HIS ICONIC ROLE! Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Full Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Beverly Hills Cop 4 Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Easter Eggs, References & Spoiler Review! Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is the fourth installment in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, featuring Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor) reprising his iconic role as Axel Foley. The film follows Axel as he returns to Beverly Hills to help his estranged daughter, Jane (Taylour Paige), a criminal defense attorney. Jane is in danger after taking on a case involving a supposed cop killer, leading Axel to reconnect with old friends and allies from the Beverly Hills Police Department, including Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton). The story involves Axel and his team uncovering a conspiracy within the police department that is linked to a drug cartel. As they work to solve the case and protect Jane, Axel faces personal challenges, particularly in repairing his relationship with his daughter. The film also features Kevin Bacon as Captain Cade Grant, a new character who adds to the intrigue and danger. The movie includes several nostalgic elements, such as the return of familiar characters like Serge (Bronson Pinchot) and references to past events in the series. It balances action and comedy, with Eddie Murphy's performance as Axel Foley being a highlight for many viewers. We watch and react to the best & funniest action scenes! The cast includes Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Detective Bobby Abbott, Kevin Bacon as Captain Cade Grant, Judge Reinhold as Billy Rosewood, John Ashton as John Taggart, Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman, Bronson Pinchot as Serge, James Preston Rogers as Lang, & Luis Guzmán as Lieutenant Cruz Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Agor711 Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Music Used In Manscaped Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM: FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Award-winning documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman talk about finding the stories of those who were swept up when Germany went from being a homosexual haven to a horrific Nazi hell (interviewed by Steve Pride). Contains material some listeners may find disturbing. Passionate voices filled the Nebraska Capitol building over a second attempt to sideline trans student athletes, and most persuasive argument against the ban came from married gay dad and state Senator John Fredrickson. And in NewsWrap: England's National Health Service calls the medical evidence supporting pediatric gender-affirming healthcare “remarkably weak” in The Cass Review, Uganda activists will appeal the Constitutional Court's ruling that upheld the “Anti-Homosexuality Act” to the Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court allows Idaho's ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans young people to take effect, West Virginia's law excluding transgender athletes from competing in school sports is struck down by a federal appeals court, bills to restrict the rights of transgender people are vetoed by the governors of Kansas and Arizona, the cartoon character Bluey has a friend with two mommies, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by John Dyer V and Ava Davis (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the April 22, 2024 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/
Today, we welcome back to the second half of the interview with retired Col. Robert Curris, who drafted the opinion piece, "The Army needs to invest in Psychological Operations and not cut them." in the November first edition of the Military Times: https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2023/11/01/the-army-needs-to-invest-in-psychological-operations-not-cut-them/ This is the first time I have had the honor of bringing in an expert on Psychological Operations. With the Army Reserve combining some Civil Affairs, Information Operations, and PSYOP commands, this is an excellent opportunity to give the community a voice. Robert Curris Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-curris-29887188 One CA Podcast aims to inspire people interested in working on-ground to forward U.S. foreign policy. We bring in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences and recommendations for working the "last three feet" of foreign relations. Have a story to tell? Email us to either speak or guest-host at: capodcasting@gmail.com One CA Podcast is a product of the Civil Affairs Association: https://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/ Special thanks for Jeffrey Friedman and Water Tower Music for todays theme song "OOOH". Found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ksJXPrZfk
Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772924/the-commander-in-chief-test/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/docHKI5gdBYX9FRBeKMaarObkes?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Friedman, author of the new book The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy. Jeffrey Friedman is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and his research examines the politics and psychology of foreign policy decision-making We spoke to Jeff about why U.S. presidents of both parties tend to adopt more hawkish foreign policies than voters say they want in public opinion surveys; what steps parties, candidates, and voters can take to prevent the commander-in-chief test from distorting US foreign policy; and how Jeff thinks the commander-in-chief test will play out in the upcoming presidential election.
Today, we welcome retired Col. Robert Curris, who drafted the opinion piece, "The Army needs to invest in Psychological Operations and not cut them." in the November first edition of the Military Times: https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2023/11/01/the-army-needs-to-invest-in-psychological-operations-not-cut-them/ This is the first time I have had the honor of bringing in an expert on Psychological Operations. With the Army Reserve combining some Civil Affairs, Information Operations, and PSYOP commands, this is an excellent opportunity to give the community a voice. Robert Curris Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-curris-29887188 One Podcast aims to inspire people interested in working on-ground to forward U.S. foreign policy. We bring in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences and recommendations for working the "last three feet" of foreign relations. Have a story to tell? Email us to either speak or guest-host at: capodcasting@gmail.com One CA Podcast is a product of the Civil Affairs Association: https://www.civilaffairsassoc.org/ Special thanks for Jeffrey Friedman and Water Tower Music for todays theme song "OOOH". Found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ksJXPrZfk
Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music Directors Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman and performer Taylor Mac discuss their new film, Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music, with fellow Director Ondi Timoner in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, the filmmakers discuss including behind-the-scenes costuming and makeup to drive the narrative, the editing process of turning a 24-hour live show into a shortened recorded special, and telling a multilayered story within the confines of a live taped performance. The film captures the drag star's exuberant, blatantly gay 24-hour musical performance, featuring skilled performers, creative costumes, and the American myth recounted through sailor's ditties, disco, and sugary pop numbers. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2023/August2023/0623_DocSeries_TaylorMac.aspx
Andrew Peterson, Director of Programming of the Provincetown International Film Festival that takes place June 14th to June 18th in Provincetown, MA talks to Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. PIFF is celebrating its 25th year with over 100 films that include diverse BIPOC and LGBTQ filmmakers as well as wildly talented first-time filmmakers along with PIFF's longstanding commitment to gender parity. The opening night film will be “Cora Bora” starring Megan Stalter and directed by Hannah Pearl Utt. Written by Rhianon Jones “Cora Bora” follows the story of Cora a messy millennial and struggling musician. When she goes home to Portland to win her girlfriend back Cora realizes there's a lot more than her love life that needs salvaging. As we announced earlier Stalter will receive the festival's Next Wave Award this year. “Theater Camp” from directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman is set to close the festival. It tells the story about staff members of an upstate New York theater camp who must band together when their beloved founder falls into a coma. Also honored this year will be Bruce LaBruce with the Filmmaker on Edge Award, Billy Porter the Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winning actor will be honored with this year's Excellence in Acting Award and along with Megan Stalter, writer, director and actor Julio Torres will receive the Next Wave Award. There will also be lots of fabulous special events and parties. We talked to Peterson about what he hopes to accomplish at the 25th annual Provincetown International Film Festival and his spin on our LGBTQ issues. Andrew Peterson has served as the Director of Programming for the Academy Award Qualifying Provincetown Film Festival for the last 21 years. Peterson is also the Executive Director of FilmNorth one of the largest filmmaker service organizations in the country. Previously he was Vice President of Production for Werc Werk Works where he co-produced Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's “Howl”, Todd Solondz's “Life During Wartime”, Jill Sprecher's “Thin Ice” and Lawrence Kasdan's “Darling Companion”. Andrew holds an MFA from New York University Graduate Film School and has taught filmmaking at Macalester and Middlebury Colleges. The Provincetown Film Society, Inc. (PFS) is a non-profit year-round organization and home of the Provincetown International Film Festival. PFS is dedicated to showcasing new achievements in independent film and honoring the work of acclaimed and emerging directors, producers and actors. This is our 16th year covering PIFF for OUTTAKE MEDIA™. For Info & Tix… LISTEN: 600+ LGBTQ Chats @OUTTAKE VOICES
People say drugs like Ozempic are helping them lose tons of weight. But are these drugs really all they're cracked up to be? Or could this be yet another dangerous weight loss fad? We talk to endocrinologists Prof. Tricia Tan and Dr. Daniela Hurtado. Note: In this episode we discuss weight and weight loss. Please take care when listening, and here are some resources: U.S. helpline for the National Eating Disorders Association: 800-931-2237 SAMHSA's National Helpline US: 800-662-HELP (4357) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Find other resources at: https://spotify.com/resources Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/3FIPHv8 Find Science Vs Weight: Is Fat Unhealthy? Here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/771Gz9oycoeqSYtOVopRqp In this episode, we cover: (00:00) What's going on with Ozempic?? (03:07) Do diets work? (09:00) How do drugs like Ozempic work? (21:13) Are drugs like Ozempic safe? (29:32) What's our take on these weight loss drugs? This episode was produced by Rose Rimler, Wendy Zukerman, R.E. Natowicz, Meryl Horn, Joel Werner, and Michelle Dang. We're edited by Blythe Terrell. Gimlet's managing director is Nicole Beemsterboer. Fact checking by Carmen Drahl. Mix and sound design by Bobby Lord. Music written by Bobby Lord, Emma Munger, So Wiley, Peter Leonard, and Bumi Hidaka. Thanks to all the researchers we spoke to including Dr. Akshay Jain, Prof. Daniel Drucker, Dr. Eva Pila, Prof. Jeffrey Friedman, Prof. John Blundell, Prof. Peter Butler, and Ted Kyle. Special thanks to Brendan Klinkenberg, the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. And a big thanks to everyone who wrote or called in about their experiences on these medications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, released in 2019, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Does this doc stand on its own, or is it merely another entry in the History of the Eagles Cinematic Universe? Plus: an update on a question raised in the Festival Express episode, and some chat about the upcoming Creedence Clearwater Revival doc. Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram
Studio Soundtracks takes listeners behind the scenes of how music is crafted for film and television by hearing directly from composers, songwriters and music professionals in the Entertainment Industry. Listen to inspiring conversations about composition and hear works from Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar-winning film scores on the show. ALLYSON NEWMAN: Allyson Newman earned her Master's degree in Composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her first feature film, Watermark, screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003. She then moved to LA to study film scoring at USC. Allyson has been awarded both an Australia Council for the Arts Grant and an Australian Guild of Screen Composers Award. Allyson scored the multi award winning documentary feature Limited Partnership that premiered on PBS Independent Lens in 2015. In 2016 Allyson scored the Emmy nominated media series Her Story. In July 2017 Allyson participated in the BMI Conducting Workshop and then went on to score Kusama-Infinity which premiered at Sundance and was released theatrically around the world in September 2018. Allyson collaborated with Oscar Winning directors Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein to score State of Pride which opened the SXSW Film Festival 2019. In 2019 Allyson scored Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. She is a member of the Television Academy and is on the leadership team for the Alliance for Women Film Composers. Most recently Allyson scored the HULU series First Day and is currently in production for Season 3 of The L Word- Generation Q as well as a new Netflix drama series called Partner Track. JASHA KLEBE Jasha Klebe is a composer known for emotive melodies and impactful scores. Most notably, Jasha co-scored the BAFTA and Emmy nominated music of BBC's Planet Earth II, alongside Hans Zimmer and Jacob Shea. He additionally provided music to the follow up series, Blue Planet II, as well as wrote the Emmy nominated music of National Geographic's Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes. Jasha also composed the score to Netflix's Oscar nominated documentary, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom and National Geographic's, Diana: In Her Own Words. In 2019, Jasha composed the score to the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary, The Black Godfather, directed by Reginald Hudlin and produced by Nicole Avant. In 2021 he scored FOX's Malika the Lion Queen narrated by Angela Bassett as well music for Garrett Bradley's Naomi Osaka series. He also wrote the music for Imperative Entertainment's podcast, The Agent, as well as Netflix/Plimsoll's nature documentary series, Animal. His music can be most recently heard on Peacock's upcoming reimagining of Queer As Folk, created by Stephen Dunn and executive produced by Russell T Davies. Jasha began his musical career at the age of 5, singing at his Grandparents' opera house, Cinnabar Theater, in Petaluma, CA. He studied classical piano and trombone for over 15 years before he moved to Los Angeles and started working at Remote Control Productions under Hans Zimmer. Over the 4 years with Hans, Jasha wrote on such films as The Dark Knight Rises, Rush, Man of Steel, and several other notable projects. Jasha was also the music arranger for the 84th Academy Awards, as well as keyboard/ synthesizer player within the event's orchestra. In 2013, Jasha began to serve as one of the headlining composers at Bleeding Fingers Music. Within this role, Jasha contributed countless hours of music to some of the most acclaimed series on television, including shows on ABC, CBS, MTV, Netflix, Lifetime, A&E, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, National Geographic, BBC, and he performed live on The Late Show with Colbert alongside Shea and Zimmer. Jasha currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Jeffrey Friedman, M.D. F.A.C.S., discusses the options for medically supervised weight loss, including surgery and the surgical options available at UF Health Shands Hospital. He shares the importance of vitamins and examines research on the transdermal vitamin patch post-surgery.
In Episode 3 of Season 9: The Beat Generation, the guys discuss the most famous of all the Beat poems: "Howl" The book was written by Allen Ginsberg, published in 1956, and was adapted for the screen in 2010. The film was written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and stars James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels. Passions run high in this episode where we learn what an anaphora is, Erik gets heated, and we discuss whether or not the prosecutor (David Stratharin) is the dumbest character in all of film history. Listen to the episode for yourself and let us know which you enjoyed more, the novel or the movie. We want to find more fine listeners like yourself, but we can't do it without your help. All you have to do is listen, rate, & review! Find us elsewhere on the internet for more content --> Twitter: @littolens Instagram: @littolens Blog: www.littolensblog.wordpress.com Email: littolens@gmail.com
Le Joker, le tueur de « Psychose » ou Jafar dans « Aladdin »… Au cinéma, les ennemi·e·s des héro·ïne·s sont souvent efféminé·e·s et séducteur·rice·s. La pop culture regorge de méchant·e·s incarnant des clichés LGBT. Cette figure, appelée ‘queer-coded villain’, remonte au Hollywood des années 30, mais elle est loin d’avoir disparu de nos écrans. Pourquoi l’industrie cinématographique s’est-elle mise à créer des méchants féminins et maniérés ? En quoi ces personnages malveillants à l’homosexualité sous-entendue sont-ils hautement problématiques ? Pour répondre à ces questions, Camille Regache reçoit Aline Mayard, journaliste indépendante, spécialiste des représentations LGBTQ+ dans les séries et les films.RÉFÉRENCES CITÉES DANS L’ÉPISODE« Code Hayes », code d’autocensure du cinéma américain, créé en 1934 par William Hayes« Soudain l’été dernier » (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1959) et « Un Tramway nommé Désir » (Elia Kazan, 1951), adaptés de l’œuvre du dramaturge américain Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)« Rebecca » (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)« Psychose » (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)« La Corde » (Alfred Hitchcock, 1950)« Scream Queens » et « Hollywood » (séries de Ryan Murphy, 2015 et 2020)« Philadelphia » (Jonathan Demme, 1993)« Dallas Buyers Club » (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2014)« Les Nuits fauves » (Cyril Collard, 1992)« Skyfall » (Sam Mendes, 2012)« The Good Wife » (série de Robert et Michelle King, 2009)« Joker » (Todd Phillips, 2019)« Thor » (Kenneth Branagh, 2011)« Birds of Prey et la fantabuleuse histoire de Harley Quinn » (Cathy Yan, 2020)« Le Seigneur des anneaux » (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)POUR ALLER PLUS LOIN « The Celluloid closet » (documentaire de Rob Epstein et Jeffrey Friedman, 1995)« Disclosure » (documentaire de Sam Feder, diffusé sur Netflix, 2020)I Like that (newsletter de Aline Mayard) CRÉDITSCamille est un podcast de Binge Audio animé par Camille Regache. Cet épisode a été enregistré en juillet 2020 au studio Virginie Despentes de Binge Audio (Paris, 19e). Prise de son, musique et réalisation : Solène Moulin. Production : Diane Jean. Edition : Sirine Azouaoui. Identité graphique : Sébastien Brothier (Upian). Direction des programmes : Joël Ronez. Direction de la rédaction : David Carzon. Direction générale : Gabrielle Boeri-Charles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As part of their nationwide virtual retrospective, directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman joined FLC programmer Dan Sullivan for a career-spanning conversation. Watch their essential work, featuring new restorations, through November 5 in our Virtual Cinema at filmlinc.org/tellingpics For more than 30 years, Oscar-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have borne powerful witness to gay life, creativity, and activism — documenting lost aspects of LGBTQ+ history and chronicling unfolding events with humor, compassion, and fierce urgency. In their films, extraordinary interviews make the political personal and unforgettable. With Paragraph 175 and The Celluloid Closet, Epstein and Friedman examined the persecution of gay men in Nazi Germany and Hollywood’s history of hidden homophobia. Their documentaries The AIDS Show, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, The Times of Harvey Milk, and Where Are We? have both chronicled and helped change history. Starting October 23, we look at their essential partnership and the endlessly empathetic, consciousness-building films it has yielded. Film at Lincoln Center Talks are presented by HBO.
A Clash of Critics - Scholarly Criticism About A Song of Ice and Fire
In this episode we return to Foucault to explore the love between Ned and Robert as a form of queer intimacy, as well as the grief they share over Lyanna's death. Mentioned in this episode: Sedgwick, E.K. 2015, Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire, Columbia university press. "Friendship as a Way of Life" (interview with Michael Foucault in Le Gai Pied magazine in 1981, translated by John Johnston). Ben-Hur 1951 (film). Directed by William Wyler. The Celluloid Closet (documentary film). Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Faderman, L. 1981, Surpassing the love of men : romantic friendship and love between women from the Renaissance to the present, William Morrow & Company. Not a Cast Podcast (Episode 5: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD I: “This is Her Place”): https://notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-5-a-game-of-thrones-eddard-i-this-is-her-place/ Till, K.E. 2005, The New Berlin Memory, Politics, Place, University of Minnesota Press. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tropewatchers. If you enjoyed A Clash of Critics, check out our flagship podcast, Trope Watchers, the podcast about pop culture and why it matters: tropewatchers.com. CW: A Clash of Critics frequently discusses issues such as violence, abuse, sexual assault, bigotry, and other sensitive topics.
In this Magnificent Mujer interview with Enrique Morones we are reintroduced to Linda Ronstadt, a woman who is a “Soldadera”, a vocalist, musical cultural, activist soldier, in her own right. She did what they said couldn’t be done. Her vision and her capacity to imagine and hear a sound in her head that others couldn’t propelled her where no woman had gone before; becoming a multi platinum recording artist in English, and becoming an icon in the Spanish language music world with the highest selling Spanish language album of all time. The esteemed position that she holds as one of the most influential and prolific vocalists, recording artists, and popular cultural ambassadors of the last century came through hard work, perseverance, determination, and a great sense of pride and vision as to what a Mexican American woman could create. She has inspired many female artists after her across the genres of Rock, Country, Mariachi, New Wave, Jazz, Light Opera, and Musical Theatre among others to cross boundaries of what is possible to achieve in a career. Linda followed her heart, and her bliss, and nothing was off limits. Today Linda is experiencing physical limitations due to the progressive effects of living with Parkinson’s disease. As you will experience in this interview, Linda’s inability to sing today has not affected her ability to awe her admirers with her sense of gratitude, humor and tenacity to keep acting to effect change and awareness by any means necessary. As she continues to speak out and be an advocate for those who today have been silenced or limited as refugees, asylum seekers, migrants or due to their language or age barriers she asks us to open our hearts. Please share this episode with your loved ones, especially our future generations and introduce them to an account of this inspiring path. Be aware, as Linda reminds us now that we have so much more music to make as a nation and as a world. How amazing it would be if we, like Linda, looked at life as an opportunity to co-create new sounds from those of our families and ancestors and our new neighbors without borders. "It's really important that people be a student of history, ...know whose shoulders you are standing on, each generation, it only takes a generation to forget, what Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez did for the Farm Workers cannot be forgotten and already there are kids that are 15 years old that don’t know this history.” - Linda Ronstadt in a 2013 interview with CreatTV San Jose, where she and Dolores Huerta spoke on activist women, for the upcoming Tucson Mariachi and Mexican Cultural Festival, which Ronstadt helped produce. The theme of that festival was the “Soldaderas”, the female soldiers of the Mexican Revolution The 2013 Tucson. Mariachi and Mexican Cultural Festival celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) by celebrating the contributions of the “Soldaderas”. The women who fought alongside the men, were responsible for cooking, preparing the camps, but also fighting on the frontlines alongside the men if their husbands were killed or injured. In 2013 Linda Ronstadt published, “Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir”, where she chronologized her unique and uncharted path through the annals of recording and performing history with a career that spanned over four decades and earned her 10 top-10 singles and over 30 studio albums. “Simple Dreams”, which she wrote completely on her own, and was very difficult work, for a woman who respects the written word immensely and had set the bar high for her own debut as an author, became a New York Times Bestseller. Her selfcrafted narrative of a woman’s journey through a male dominated music industry, and her own self charted path inspired producers James Keach and Michele Farinola and directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman to pursue her tirelessly to make a documentary, released in late 2019 titled,... Support this podcast
Jeffrey Friedman, CEO of Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services, speaks with Al Levine about the organization's mission, how they've continued to help its patients through the virus, Telehealth, and more. CN Guidance provides treatment, rehabilitation, counseling, and more to those affected by mental illness, developmental disabilities, psychological difficulties, addiction and/or dependency problems.
THE RESCUE LIST focuses on a hidden safe-house in the Ghanaian forest, where social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen on Lake Volta - the largest man-made lake on Earth. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another rescue mission and asks the children for help. THE RESCUE LIST charts the unfolding drama of these rescue operations alongside a stirring portrait of the boys’ recoveries as they prepare to return to their families. The film depicts a moving story of friendship and courage that transcends the trope of victimhood, exploring what it means to love and to survive. Co-directors Alyssa Fedele and Zachary Fink join us for an in-depth conversation on the ground truth about human trafficking in sub-Sahara Africa, gaining the access and the trust of all the people in the film and their own reflections on how witnessing these people’s stories has impacted them. To watch The Rescue List on PBS POV go to: therescuelist.com About the filmmakers: ALYSSA FEDELE - PRODUCER // DIRECTOR // EDITOR Alyssa Fedele is a documentary filmmaker and anthropologist based in San Francisco. In 2016, She produced and edited The Ride of Their Lives, directed by Steve James, about youth rodeo bull riding. It premiered at Sundance and is distributed by Amazon Studios in the series The New Yorker Presents. Her work has appeared on National Geographic Channel, Amazon Studios, and PBS, and screened at IDFA, SFFILM, and Big Sky Film Festival. Alyssa directed, produced, and edited The Rescue List, which screened at Full Frame and DOC NYC and won awards at BendFilm and Heartland International Film Festival.Alyssa is a former resident at SFFILM's FilmHouse and she is a recipient of the SFFILM Documentary Film Fund. She has a master's degree in visual anthropology from the University of Manchester. ZACHARY FINK - PRODUCER // DIRECTOR // CINEMATOGRAPHER Zachary Fink is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. His immersive observational approach to storytelling is deeply influenced by his academic roots in cultural anthropology and visual ethnography. He recently lensed Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s SXSW opening night premiere, State Of Pride, which takes an unflinching look at the diverse expression of Pride 50 years after Stonewall. Last year he spent a month at McMurdo Station in Antarctica where he field directed and shot a forthcoming PBS NOVA series about how science is conducted on the harshest continent. In 2016, Zachary produced and filmed The Ride Of Their Lives, a short directed by Steve James about youth rodeo bull riding. It premiered at Sundance as part of the Amazon Studios series, The New Yorker Presents. His work has appeared on PBS, HBO, National Geographic Channel, and Discovery Channel, and he has produced and directed projects for Facebook, Apple, Google, and for the Harvard Film Study Center. Zachary has a master’s degree in cultural anthropology and an MFA in film production from California Institute of the Arts. Together with Alyssa Fedele, he runs the production company Collective Hunch. Social Media facebook.com/therescuelist instagram.com/therescuelist twitter.com/hashtag/therescuelist twitter.com/hashtag/rescuelistpbs #TheRescueList
In this episode of Inside Access Control we catch up with Jeffrey Friedman, CEO of Building Intelligence. Headquartered in NYC, Building Intelligence is a cloud-based visitor, vehicle and vendor management software provider for commercial real estate and manages 7 of the tallest buildings and 3 of the largest corporate campuses in the US. Their company is built with resiliency and Jeffrey spends some time with us sharing his insights, views, and experience.
*** 2020 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary (Short) WALK RUN CHA-CHA has been nominated for Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards®. Directed by Laura Nix, the film follows Paul and Millie Cao, who lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they have become successful professionals in Southern California-and are rediscovering themselves on the dance floor. WALK RUN CHA CHA is now streaming on New York Times Op-Docs. About the Filmmaker: Director Laura Nix Laura Nix is an award-winning fiction and nonfiction filmmaker based in Los Angeles. WALK RUN CHA-CHA is adapted from a feature-length documentary in progress. It was produced by Concordia Studio for The New York Times Op-Docs and premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Laura’s work also includes other work includes her feature documentary INVENTING TOMORROW, about teenagers from around the globe tackling environmental issues through science, THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING, a comedy about activism and climate change, the documentary THE LIGHT IN HER EYES, about a Syrian Qur’an school for women and she was a writer on the Emmy-nominated documentary CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN. In 2001, Nix co-founded the production company Automat Pictures, where she produced and/or directed over 100 presentations, including the feature documentary WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT: THE STORY OF HEDWIG, which played in over a dozen film festivals in the U.S. and worldwide. Previously she was a member of Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s production company Telling Pictures, where she was Associate Producer on THE CELLULOID CLOSET. For news and updates go to: feltfilms.com Walk Run Cha Cha is now available at nytimes.com/Op-Docs *** 2020 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary (Short) ***
“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” profiles the singer who made a success of multiple genres from rock and country to American standards and Mexican folk songs. Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman deliver generous helpings of live performances from over the years and interview Ronstadt’s close associates including Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris and Don Henley. — Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers For more information, click here to visit the film web site.
Pleasantries out of the way, we get to the exciting debut of Dead End's Infestation Deck mechanics from the folks at Atomic Ninja Studios. These are some innovative and exciting features to bring to SWADE and a great way to bring a unique playstyle to their dark zombie survival setting. AtomicNinja.com Savage Worlds GM Podcast Dead End Jumpstart Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmsavages/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savagecastrpg/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rmsavages/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/savagecruise/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RMSavages Appearing: Mable Friedman, Jeffrey Friedman, David Scott, Christopher Landauer Intro: Derek Johnson Music: Jib
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a love song to one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt. She burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties as the lead singer of the Stone Poneys, Ronstadt eventually branched out to begin her decades long career as a solo artist, touring the world selling out stadiums and, at one point, setting the record as the highest paid female artist in rock. Most remarkable to this day is her interest in and willingness to jump into new and challenging styles of music, including opera, jazz, and Mexican folk, excelling fantastically with each. Ronstadt has also been an outspoken political advocate for causes such as same-sex marriage and the inhumane treatment of undocumented immigrants, never shying away from fighting for what she believes both on and off the stage. Oscar-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Times of Harvey Milk, The Celluloid Closet, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Howl, Lovelace and End Game) use deep-cut archival footage, and Ronstadt's own astute recollections, to celebrate an artist whose desire to do justice to the songs that touched her soul made generations of fans fall in love with her - and with the sound of her voice. Co-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman join us to talk about a remarkable singer /artist and an even better person. For news, screenings and updates go to: lindaronstadtmovie.com For more on the films of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman go to: tellingpictures.com Social Media: facebook.com/RonstadtMovie twitter.com/RonstadtMovie instagram.com/RonstadtMovie
Legendary actor Bruce Dern is in his second science fiction film ever, "Freaks", which co-stars Emile Hirsch and which is in theaters Friday, September 13th. Also on this episode, the co-directors behind the new documentary "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of my Voice": Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Their film opens Friday, September 6th.
Filmmakers Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, songwriter Jimmy Webb, and producer Peter Asher join us for a tribute to Linda Ronstadt. Epstein & Friedman directed the documentary, "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice", which opens in theaters September 6, while Webb had a number of his compositions recorded by Ronstadt, and Asher produced best-selling albums like "Heart Like A Wheel", "Hasten Down The Wind", and "Simple Dreams".
The Savage Bull went to Gen Con for the first time and has some thoughts on the beast that is the largest gaming event in the world. Amid the chaos and goodness that is GenCon, he also got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with the folks at Atomic Ninja Studios who are putting the final touches on their upcoming Dead End setting for Savage Worlds. Before we get to the meat of their setting (next episode) we discussed what it's like to attend GenCon and some surprises for new attendees like me who weren't at all prepared for what to expect. If you, too, have a Savage or Gamer license plate, throw down, the bar is set high with this one. Carolina Game Tables Fez-O-Rama SWAT JumpStart The Savage Cruise Bureau 13: SavageTheNightFantastic B13 JumpStart Appearing: Mable Friedman, Jeffrey Friedman, David Scott, Christopher Landauer Intro: Derek Johnson Music: Jib
Why should medical professionals put a lot more effort to improve end-of-life care? On today's episode, internist Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider discusses her life's mission and why bedside manner is of utmost importance. “Patients and families deserve better. We have to do a better job at communicating.” - Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider Three Things We Learned Patients must be included in the bigger picture Dr. Shoshana realized a lot of things when she did her ICU residency. None of their palliative measures, complex studying of cases, and wading through data would change the inevitable course of a patient's journey. But there has always been the need to look at cases in the context of the patient's entire life and if they had a sense of what was happening around them. Many doctors aren't trained to hold conversations A recent study in the Journal of American Medical Association reported that most doctors don't have training to converse effectively. This completely blew Dr. Shoshana's mind. As a hospital-based doctor holding a lot of difficult conversations on goals and progress with patients and their families, this was telling of a public health problem. Lackluster bedside manners are a public health concern Indeed, there are more pressing and challenging public health issues in the country. But no patient or family must feel like they have to interrogate medical professionals to get a better understanding of where they stand. Practitioners owe it to people they have sworn to care for, even if only palliative, to tell them everything that they need to know. Empowerment of patients and families is an ongoing struggle for the medical community. The concern will remain stagnant unless properly addressed. In the end, the patients suffer, and it is disappointing that even in their last stretch, they don't get the kind of care they deserve. Bio: Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider is a physician, founder, philanthropist and speaker. She works as an internist practicing hospital medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Shoshana started the Ungerleider Palliative Care Education Fund. This supports innovative programs that further palliative care education at every level. She funded Extremis, a short documentary about end of life decision making in the intensive care unit by Academy Award nominated director, Dan Krauss. The film won Best Documentary Short at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016 and was nominated for a 2017 Academy Award and for 2 Emmy Awards. She also executive produced End Game. It is a short documentary on hospice and palliative care by Academy Award winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The documentary premiered at Sundance Film Festival this year and was acquired by Netflix. Shoshana founded End Well, a first of its kind media platform and annual symposium on human-centered design and innovation to improve the end of life experience. Links: Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider - Website Dr. Shoshana Ungerleide - Twitter Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider - LinkedIn End Well Project - Website Review of End Game Documentary Trailer of End Game Documentary Right to Die In California We hope you enjoyed Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!
I talked to Jeffrey Friedman about his PhD thesis on the impact of childhood trauma on peoples health throughout their lives. The findings are eye opening and something we all need to be aware of. To learn more contact: James Cox Cell: 267 323 6936 Email: jamescoxprivateemail@gmail.com
The Dudes discuss 1995's The Celluloid Closet, directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein, and narrated by Lily Tomlin. This documentary, based on the book by the late, great Vito Russo, details the portrayal of homosexuality in cinema from its beginning through the present, and is a must-watch for anyone who loves the movies. Other Movies Discussed: The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) - Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder All The King's Men (1949) - Directed by Robert Rossen QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What is your favorite movie about the movies, and why? Contact us below! And don't forget to tell us what YOU'VE been watching! www.dudesonmovies.com www.facebook.com/dudesonmovies www.twitter.com/dudesonmovies www.instagram.com/dudesonmovies www.soundcloud.com/dudesonmovies dudesonmovies@gmail.com
This week on StoryWeb: Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl.” On October 7, 1955, Allen Ginsberg made the literary world sit up and listen to his “Howl.” It premiered at the Six Gallery in San Francisco, with Ginsberg doing a reading of the long poem. After Ginsberg’s “howl” (his answer to Walt Whitman’s “barbaric yawp”), the literary world would never be the same again. Michael McClure, another poet who read that evening, said, “Ginsberg read on to the end of the poem, which left us standing in wonder, or cheering and wondering, but knowing at the deepest level that a barrier had been broken, that a human voice and body had been hurled against the harsh wall of America.” A few months later, in 1956, “Howl” was published along with other Ginsberg poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who ran City Lights Bookstore. Truly, Allen Ginsberg was one of the great twentieth-century American poets, the literary heir to the nineteenth-century American bard Walt Whitman. Whitman and Ginsberg shared so much in common. The first edition of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass came out in 1855, precisely one hundred years before Ginsberg first read “Howl” in public. Leave of Grass also had a rather notorious publication, and it, too, captured the attention of the literary establishment – in the person of Ralph Waldo Emerson, America’s most influential thinker and writer of the day. Like Whitman, Ginsberg favored the extremely long poetic line. Like Whitman, he could not be contained. Like Ginsberg, Whitman celebrated all Americans – from the prostitute to the President, including those from the nearly invisible underbelly of the United States. Whitman gloried in – sang the song of – laborers, immigrants, slaves, Native Americans, women, men, everyone. Like Ginsberg, Whitman was a gay man in a dangerous time to be gay, though Ginsberg’s Beat contemporaries were likely much more accepting of Ginsberg’s sexuality than Whitman’s peers were. But as Ginsberg knew, the world of the Beat Generation was relatively small, and he faced a larger America deeply hostile to and extremely fearful of homosexuality. But where Whitman celebrates Americans of every stripe, of every region, every race, both sexes, Ginsberg is howling, rending his clothes in anguish and despair. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,” Ginsberg writes in the poem’s shocking opening. Where Whitman was strongly encouraged by Emerson to tone down the frank sexuality of Leaves of Grass and where Whitman was shunned by polite society for the graphic nature of his poetry, Ginsberg was actually taken to court on obscenity charges for “Howl.” It was fifty-nine years ago today that a judge finally ruled that the poem was not obscene. Of course, Whitman was not Ginsberg’s only influence. As you read “Howl,” you can pick up strains of Hebrew cadences, rhythms of Herman Melville’s epic voice, echoes of William Carlos Williams, inspirations from Jack Kerouac, and so much more. But Ginsberg was explicit more than once that he saw Whitman as one of his primary influences. Ginsberg’s 1955 poem “A Supermarket in California” pays homage to Whitman, as Ginsberg imagines walking the grocery store aisles with Whitman, whom he addresses as “dear father, graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher.” Particularly moving is the Voices and Visions episode on Walt Whitman, which features Allen Ginsberg discussing his poetic and personal debt to Whitman. If you don’t want to watch the video, you can read a transcript of Ginsberg’s comments at the Allen Ginsberg Project website. You can read “Howl” online at Poets.org or buy a copy of Howl and Other Poems. You can also buy the original draft facsimile of the poem. “This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic,” says the book’s cover, “is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process—as well as a treasure trove of anecdotes, an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques, and a veritable social history of the 1950s” To learn a great deal more about the famous poem and the obscenity trial, watch the film Howl, written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and starring James Franco as Ginsberg. You might also want to read the outstanding New Yorker article “Bob Dylan, the Beat Generation, and Allen Ginsberg’s America.” I’m proud to live in Boulder, Colorado, where Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman, another Beat poet, founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, the nation’s only accredited Buddhist-inspired university. The Jack Kerouac School adds to the literary liveliness of Boulder. Visit thestoryweb.com/Ginsberg for links to all these resources and to hear Allen Ginsberg read “Howl.”
Howard Rosenman has established himself as one of the most prolific producers in film and television, best known for the hilarious remake of FATHER OF THE BRIDE starring Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, the cult phenomenon BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and THE FAMILY MAN starring Nicolas Cage. Rosenman's films have won 2 Peabody Awards, an Academy Award and top honors at the Sundance, Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals. His work ranges from the above-mentioned films plus THE MAIN EVENT with Barbra Streisand, STRANGER AMONG US with Melanie Griffith, and YOU KILL ME with Sir Ben Kingsley, to the acclaimed documentaries, CELLULOID CLOSET (nominated for an Oscar and a Peabody) and COMMON THREADS: TALES FROM THE QUILT (which won an Oscar and his second Peabody) as well as PARAGRAPH 175, about Gays in the Holocaust, to the TV series JOHN FROM CINCINNATI for HBO. He also produced GROSS ANATOMY, STRAIGHT TALK with Dolly Parton, SHINING THROUGH, TRUE IDENTITY, Hugh Hudson's LOST ANGELS starring Adam Horowitz of the Beastie Boys, RESURRECTION with Ellen Burstyn, NOEL with the late Robin Williams and Paul Walker, Penelope Cruz and Susan Sarandon. He produced MY FIRST MISTER and Harvey Fierstein's TIDY ENDINGS, which won several EMMYS. Rosenman remade his very first movie, "Sparkle" starring Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks. Another Rosenman-made documentary, BRAVE MISS WORLD about his great friend Linor Abarg'il who was crowned Miss World, was directed by Cecilia Peck, sold to Netflix and nominated for an Emmy. Rosenman made his acting debut in Gus Van Sant's MILK playing David Goodstein (founder of “The Advocate”) opposite the Oscar-winning Sean Penn as “Harvey Milk.” He has since acted in six more movies and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. His current film projects in development include: BETSY and THE EMPEROR starring Al Pacino as Napoleon, AMERICAN NEUROTIC at Sony Pictures, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME to be presented by James Ivory of legendary “Merchant–Ivory” fame and directed by Mr. Ivory and Luca Guadagnino. Peter Soears is his partner. Additionally, Rosenman is currently preparing MATTER OF SIZE, a remake of Israel's most successful comedy, released in 2009, at Paramount Pictures with Jon Turtletaub directing. He is also preparing a movie called SHEPHERD: A Tale of a Dog in World War II, based on the best-selling Israeli novel with Lynn Roth writing and directing. He just sold a Mini-Series to David Ellison's Skydance TV, six hours of television based on Michael Oren's book THE SIX DAY WAR with Rob Eshman writing. Rosenman is also putting together a film based on the life of ANITA BRYANT written by Chad Hodge, to be directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, starring Uma Thurman and Zach Quinto. Darren Star and Jeffrey Schwarz are his partners. He just returned from Israel where he set up his cousin, Ora Ahimeir's best-selling book, BRIDE (a Sapir nominated book, about their great-grandparents, set in Mandatory Safed and Hungary in the Nineteen Forties) at Herzeliya Studios. It will be his first movie in Hebrew and will be filmed in Israel. In addition Rosenman is preparing a Broadway Musical based on a dream he had in 1985 after having seen PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and LES MISERABLES in one day in London, ANNE RICE'S “VOCE.” It is being written by Craig Lucas with music by Lance Horne and Lisbeth Scott. His producing partners are Belinda Casas-Wells, Chuck Martinez and Allan Levey. In January 2009, Rosenman became a Contributing Editor of the Los Angeles Times Magazine. His articles about his longtime friendships with Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Taylor and Diane von Furstenberg can be found on http://www.latimes.com/features/. As an educator, Rosenman has lectured at USC's Stark Producing Program, UCLA, Yale, Columbia, NYU, Brandeis and AFI. Rosenman tours the world with his seminar “HOWARD ROSENMAN'S THE HOLLYWOOD SELL,” an inside look at producing for the screen in which he shares his insights and adventures with writers, actors, directors, producers, and anyone who loves film and TV. The seminar has been presented in Memphis, Omaha, Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Los Angeles with upcoming engagements in Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, South Africa and Israel. He is currently at work on his first book also entitled THE HOLLYWOOD SELL, which will be both a memoir and a how-to-produce guide for aspiring filmmakers. Rosenman is Co-Founder of Project Angel Food in LA, which provides meals-on-wheels for patients with terminal illnesses and is now one of the largest charities in Southern California. In 2009 Beth Chayim Chadashim awarded him with the Herman Humanitarian Award. He was honored by film organization Power Up as “one of 2010's ten amazing men in show business.” In 2013 he received the Inspiration Award from ORT America. He currently serves on the advisory board overseeing the construction of the new film school at his alma mater Brooklyn College, and just offered a faculty job there as a Distinguished Professor. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised on Long Island, Rosenman is the son of seventh generation Israelis from Jerusalem. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brooklyn College with a degree in European Literature. In 1967, he took a leave from medical school to serve as an extern medic in the Six Day War as a part of the Israeli Defense Forces where he met his mentor Leonard Bernstein who encouraged him to go into show business.