| | | | | Megyn Kelly Sheds Viewers—and Advertisers—Over Controversial Alex Jones Interview Sunday night show hits its lowest ratings yet By Jason Lynch Megyn Kelly's controversial, endlessly-dissected interview with Infowars founder Alex Jones might have dominated media chatter last week, but both viewers and advertisers stayed away from the final product. Last night's Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, which featured her 19-minute interview with Jones, who claimed the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a...
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| | | | | | | | Storybooth Created a Safe Space Online for Teens to Share Personal Stories Anonymous animated tales bring teens together By Sami Main Storybooth, a recent Webby- and Shorty-award winning website and platform, has introduced a non-judgmental and creative space for teenagers to share their thoughts, opinions and stories with the world. Through an anonymous audio recording system, kids of all ages (with parental permission if they are under 18 years old) can submit their funny or embarrassing...
Read more » | | This Is Us, Atlanta and The Handmaid’s Tale Land the Most Television Critics Association Awards Nominations HBO, FX and Netflix lead the pack among all networks By Jason Lynch A trio of breakout freshman series--Atlanta, The Handmaid's Tale and This Is Us--racked up the most nominations today as the Television Critics Association announced its 2017 TCA Awards nominees. The TCA, which is comprised of more than 200 North American TV critics and journalists (including myself), honors outstanding television programming. The organization often recognizes acclaimed...
Read more » | | Ice-T Gets Ever Cooler in Sonic Campaign That Includes a Face-Melting Live Stunt He's back from dabbling in lemonade By David Gianatasio After 6,000 years of human civilization, it's come to this: A finely detailed, life-sized ice sculpture of rapper/actor Ice-T will slowly melt, drip-drip-drip, during a live internet event. When its microphone falls the to floor, it will make winners of some lucky Sonic Drive-In fans. Goodby Silverstein & Partners came up with the chill stunt,...
Read more » | | | | | With a Keen Eye and a Razor Wit, Kumail Nanjiani Is Becoming an Inescapable Creative Force Silicon Valley star shares his creative process, The Big Sick and his take on advertising By Katie Richards Picture your classic Hollywood triple threat. Now, throw it out the window, in the garbage, wherever, and say hello to Kumail Nanjiani--the stand-up comedian who's redefining what it means to be a modern-day triple threat. Everything about the Silicon Valley star--from his upbringing in Karachi, Pakistan, to his unorthodox love story with now-wife Emily Gordon,...
Read more » | | Geena Davis Has Led the Charge for Women in Hollywood. Now She’s Doing the Same for Advertising Working with brands, agencies and data to analyze female roles in ads By Kristina Monllos Don't ask Geena Davis about role models. At least, don't ask her about female role models on screen. The Oscar-winning actress turned gender-equality activist wants more women in movies and on television playing scientists, engineers, lawyers, CEOs--all of the jobs that women have in real life--but please, if you do anything, make those characters interesting....
Read more » | | Good Housekeeping’s ‘Kitchen of the Future’ Could Also Be the Future of Content Marketing A swank new space for food shoots doubles as an event and promotional venue By Robert Klara When Jane Francisco joined Good Housekeeping as its new editor in chief four years ago, she didn't just take the helm of one of publishing's oldest and most revered women's service magazines, she assumed control of the magazine's famous test kitchen. A glass-walled space with white cabinets and appliances of brushed stainless steel, the kitchen...
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