Talks The Studio, Elon Musk, Running Point

Talks The Studio, Elon Musk, Running Point

I’m in San Francisco,” Ike Barinholtz says via Zoom from his hotel room, then spins his laptop around to prove it. “See? There’s Alcatraz.” It’s now official, though paparazzi photos have all but confirmed it: Barinholtz is in town filming Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s fact-based account of the behind-the-scenes turmoil that saw OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…

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#Ike Barinholtz Jokingly Says Sorry to Studio Execs for Picketing: “When I’m Pitching TV Shows and Movies, Just Remember That Tonight I Apologized”

#Ike Barinholtz Jokingly Says Sorry to Studio Execs for Picketing: “When I’m Pitching TV Shows and Movies, Just Remember That Tonight I Apologized”

Chrysalis held its annual Butterfly Ball gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night, honoring both Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Joe Drake and president Nathan Kahane, as well as UTA co-head of talent Chris Hart. Just days after the writers strike ceased, and with SAG-AFTRA still on strike, Ike Barinholtz was quick to make jokes about…

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#‘White House Plumbers’ Review: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in HBO’s Exhaustingly Hijinks-Heavy Watergate Comedy

#‘White House Plumbers’ Review: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in HBO’s Exhaustingly Hijinks-Heavy Watergate Comedy

As a piece of history, the Watergate scandal is a daunting narrative smorgasbord. There were too many characters in this madcap dramedy and they almost all beggar belief — one outlandish caricature after another — except that they’re all real. It’s a problem that Hollywood has solved by telling the Watergate story over and over…

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#Jon Barinholtz drives the comedy in ‘American Auto’

#Jon Barinholtz drives the comedy in ‘American Auto’

“#Jon Barinholtz drives the comedy in ‘American Auto’” Jon Barinholtz can thank a bit of serendipity for shifting NBC workplace comedies from the big-box world of “Superstore” to “America Auto” and its sideways take on the auto industry. “This project came to me while I was still on ‘Superstore,’” said Barinholtz, 42, who played Marcus…

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