News this morning that the UK and European negotiating teams have agreed to a fresh Brexit deal has sent local media into overdrive, even as there are still significant hurdles to overcome before a deal can be ratified.
At 10:35 am UK time, British prime minister Boris Johnson tweeted in Trumpian tone, “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control”:
Around the same time, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker also confirmed a deal on Twitter:
The deal will still need to receive the approval of both the UK and European parliaments. Northern Irish political party Dup, which has been influential in Brexit to date, has confirmed that it will not support the deal as things stand.
Former UK Pm Theresa May also agreed to a Brexit deal with the EU back in 2018, but failed to receive backing from the UK parliament to push it through,...
At 10:35 am UK time, British prime minister Boris Johnson tweeted in Trumpian tone, “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control”:
Around the same time, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker also confirmed a deal on Twitter:
The deal will still need to receive the approval of both the UK and European parliaments. Northern Irish political party Dup, which has been influential in Brexit to date, has confirmed that it will not support the deal as things stand.
Former UK Pm Theresa May also agreed to a Brexit deal with the EU back in 2018, but failed to receive backing from the UK parliament to push it through,...
- 10/17/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins apologized Sunday evening after a series of old tweets emerged which revealed the White House correspondent had used a gay slur on the platform in posts seven years ago when she was a college student.
“When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize,” Collins said in a brief statement.
When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 7, 2018
In the posts, Collins repeatedly used the slur “fag” about gay people, and in one said she would feel uncomfortable about having a lesbian as a roommate.
She later deleted the...
“When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize,” Collins said in a brief statement.
When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 7, 2018
In the posts, Collins repeatedly used the slur “fag” about gay people, and in one said she would feel uncomfortable about having a lesbian as a roommate.
She later deleted the...
- 10/8/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Stephen Colbert delivered a wide-ranging monologue on “The Late Show” Thursday night — unfortunately, the latest bombshell Michael Cohen news dropped after they taped — but Colbert was still worth watching for a monologue that contained some solid zingers about one of the weirder recent developments in the Mueller investigation.
“The Russia investigation grinds on. And we just learned that Robert Mueller has been examining Trump’s tweets. Some of us do that every day, sir,” Colbert said. “Just a warning: before you open up his feed, I recommend putting on goggles and freebasing some Dramamine.
“Mueller’s building a case for obstruction of justice, and Trump’s tweets could be a big part of that. Especially his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and James Comey. And if Mueller ever gets his interview with Trump, he wants to question the president about the tweets. So do I. I have so many questions.
“The Russia investigation grinds on. And we just learned that Robert Mueller has been examining Trump’s tweets. Some of us do that every day, sir,” Colbert said. “Just a warning: before you open up his feed, I recommend putting on goggles and freebasing some Dramamine.
“Mueller’s building a case for obstruction of justice, and Trump’s tweets could be a big part of that. Especially his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and James Comey. And if Mueller ever gets his interview with Trump, he wants to question the president about the tweets. So do I. I have so many questions.
- 7/27/2018
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Washington — CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins was denied access to cover an open press event in the Rose Garden in retaliation for asking President Donald Trump questions earlier in the day, the network said on Wednesday.
“We demand better,” CNN said in a statement.
The network said Collins “was told by deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine and press secretary Sarah Sanders that her questions were ‘inappropriate.’ They were not. Just because the White House is uncomfortable with a question regarding the news of the day, doesn’t mean the question isn’t relevant and shouldn’t be asked. This decision to bar a member of the press is retaliatory in nature and not indicative of an open and free press.”
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Collins “sorted questions and refused to leave, despite being repeatedly asked to do so. Subsequently our staff informed her she was not...
“We demand better,” CNN said in a statement.
The network said Collins “was told by deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine and press secretary Sarah Sanders that her questions were ‘inappropriate.’ They were not. Just because the White House is uncomfortable with a question regarding the news of the day, doesn’t mean the question isn’t relevant and shouldn’t be asked. This decision to bar a member of the press is retaliatory in nature and not indicative of an open and free press.”
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Collins “sorted questions and refused to leave, despite being repeatedly asked to do so. Subsequently our staff informed her she was not...
- 7/25/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
With an evil father, a love triangle and a servant class, the George Lucas universe is full of melodramatic tropes – and there’s no sign that the storylines are running out
How far has Star Wars penetrated our culture, our language, our frames of reference? The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, reportedly dismissed Theresa May as someone who is “on a different galaxy” when it comes to Brexit negotiations. Well, yes, although exactly how far, far away remains to be seen. That was an easy pop-culture trope to reach for – and I like to think that Jean-Claude had in the back of his mind the free trade and tax dispute that begins The Phantom Menace – although Theresa and Jean-Claude each see their adversaries as Darth Vader, presiding over an evil and superannuated empire, always likely to strike back against righteous resistance.
As fans celebrate the 40th anniversary of...
How far has Star Wars penetrated our culture, our language, our frames of reference? The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, reportedly dismissed Theresa May as someone who is “on a different galaxy” when it comes to Brexit negotiations. Well, yes, although exactly how far, far away remains to be seen. That was an easy pop-culture trope to reach for – and I like to think that Jean-Claude had in the back of his mind the free trade and tax dispute that begins The Phantom Menace – although Theresa and Jean-Claude each see their adversaries as Darth Vader, presiding over an evil and superannuated empire, always likely to strike back against righteous resistance.
As fans celebrate the 40th anniversary of...
- 5/12/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
A little over three decades ago, This Is Spinal Tap perfectly parodied hard-rock excess with a pint-sized Stonehenge, amps that go "one louder" and the unforgettable phrase "Hello Cleveland." The mockumentary, which Ozzy Osbourne has said felt all too realistic, was written by its stars, comedians Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, and director-actor Rob Reiner. "The closer we dared to get to the real thing, the closer the real thing dared to get to us," Shearer once told Rolling Stone. "It's like reality is calling our bluff at every step along the way.
- 4/4/2017
- Rollingstone.com
On September 15th, French vlogger Laetitia Birbes was one of three YouTubers who received the opportunity to interview Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission. The interview, which was essentially the European version of a pair of YouTube-led sit-downs with American President Barack Obama, was billed as an opportunity for young people to get in touch with the politicians who govern them. Instead, if Birbes’ account is to be believed, the event was an attempt to draw some free publicity for the head of the European Union’s executive branch.
Here’s the story, as Birbes tells it: She was invited by YouTube to interview Juncker, but as the event drew closer, she realized the video site wished for her to ask “plain questions” rather than the inquiries she had prepared. In a pre-interview incident caught on camera, a YouTube representative can be seen speaking to Birbes. “You don't...
Here’s the story, as Birbes tells it: She was invited by YouTube to interview Juncker, but as the event drew closer, she realized the video site wished for her to ask “plain questions” rather than the inquiries she had prepared. In a pre-interview incident caught on camera, a YouTube representative can be seen speaking to Birbes. “You don't...
- 9/19/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Pact chief executive, Mpa Europe boss among signatories of letter condemning “threatening” proposals.
Industry leaders including Pact chief executive John McVay and Mpa (Emea) president Stan McCoy have signed an open letter criticizing the EC’s latest copyright proposals.
On the occasion of EC president Jean-Claude Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address, the Commission yesterday set out proposals on modernisation of copyright, which it claims will increase cultural diversity in Europe and content available online, while bringing clearer rules for all online players.
The first of three pillars of opportunity highlighted by the EC is ‘Better choice and access to content online and across borders’:
“Today, we propose a legal mechanism for broadcasters to obtain more easily the authorisations they need from right holders to transmit programmes online in other EU Member States. This is about programmes that broadcasters transmit online at the same time as their broadcast as well as their catch-up services that they...
Industry leaders including Pact chief executive John McVay and Mpa (Emea) president Stan McCoy have signed an open letter criticizing the EC’s latest copyright proposals.
On the occasion of EC president Jean-Claude Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address, the Commission yesterday set out proposals on modernisation of copyright, which it claims will increase cultural diversity in Europe and content available online, while bringing clearer rules for all online players.
The first of three pillars of opportunity highlighted by the EC is ‘Better choice and access to content online and across borders’:
“Today, we propose a legal mechanism for broadcasters to obtain more easily the authorisations they need from right holders to transmit programmes online in other EU Member States. This is about programmes that broadcasters transmit online at the same time as their broadcast as well as their catch-up services that they...
- 9/15/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
On two previous occasions, American President Barack Obama sat down with YouTube stars, who peppered him with questions about social, cultural, and political topics. Now, that same format will be applied to a chat with a major European leader. On September 15th, YouTubers Jonas Ems, Laetitia Birbes, and Łukasz Jakóbiak will sit down with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to talk about issues facing their continent.
In setting up its interviews with President Obama, YouTube made sure to call upon creators who represented both an accurate slice of its creative community and a blend of races, genders, and ethnicities. In choosing creators to talk to Juncker, the video site opted for a similar strategy, choosing a diverse trio of hosts. Ems is a 19-year-old German commentator and comedian, Birbes is a French vlogger with a passion for social justice, and Jakóbiak is a Polish interviewer with a Diy sensibility. According to a YouTube blog post,...
In setting up its interviews with President Obama, YouTube made sure to call upon creators who represented both an accurate slice of its creative community and a blend of races, genders, and ethnicities. In choosing creators to talk to Juncker, the video site opted for a similar strategy, choosing a diverse trio of hosts. Ems is a 19-year-old German commentator and comedian, Birbes is a French vlogger with a passion for social justice, and Jakóbiak is a Polish interviewer with a Diy sensibility. According to a YouTube blog post,...
- 9/14/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, has unveiled its new, highly controversial, plans to overhaul and harmonize copyright law across its 28 member states. The proposals, unveiled by European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker in a speech on Wednesday, would make it easier for video-on-demand services (VOD) to transmit programs across the entire EU; strengthens online copyright protection for journalists and newspaper and magazine publishers and introduces stricter oversight requirements for online platforms like YouTube. All of the proposals are controversial and have been sharply criticized. Some elements of the draft proposal of the
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- 9/14/2016
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
President Barack Obama gave a somber statement about the shootings at the Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas Thursday night, which left five police officers dead and six others wounded in what is now the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2011. "I believe I speak for every single American when I say we are horrified over these events, and we stand united with the people and the police department in Dallas," the president said Friday, speaking from the Nato summit in Poland. Obama went on to call the shooting a "vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement,...
- 7/8/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
The principle of territoriality should be preserved for the European film industry in the European Commission’s (EC) plans for a Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy, according to Günter Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
Speaking at this year’s Munich Media Days conference, Oettinger argued that “if one is striving for a digital single market and has a digital vision of Europe, then, as a general rule, national boundaries should no longer be observed because they were created by Napoleon” and then re-drawn at international conferences in Vienna, Versailles, Potsdam and Yalta after the Napoleonic, First and Second World Wars, respectively.
“Napoleon knew little about digital services and communication or about electronic media,” he observed. “National boundaries may be important for culture, language, economic policy and education, but I regard national and regional boundaries to be increasingly irrelevant in the digital sector.”
Turning to the case of the film industry in Europe, he pointed...
Speaking at this year’s Munich Media Days conference, Oettinger argued that “if one is striving for a digital single market and has a digital vision of Europe, then, as a general rule, national boundaries should no longer be observed because they were created by Napoleon” and then re-drawn at international conferences in Vienna, Versailles, Potsdam and Yalta after the Napoleonic, First and Second World Wars, respectively.
“Napoleon knew little about digital services and communication or about electronic media,” he observed. “National boundaries may be important for culture, language, economic policy and education, but I regard national and regional boundaries to be increasingly irrelevant in the digital sector.”
Turning to the case of the film industry in Europe, he pointed...
- 10/27/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
“Be reassured,” former European Commissioner tells French film industry.
Planned reforms to EU copyright rules will not touch territoriality, former European commissioner Viviane Reding told the Rencontres Cinématographiques de Dijon on Friday (Oct 23), the annual conference of France’s authors, directors and producers body Arp.
“Be reassured, that the territorial exploitation of rights is not included in there,” the thrice times European commissioner and current Member of the European Parliament told the meeting.
“The only thing that is being reflected on is how to safeguard the rights of creators so they get their due revenues in the digital era.”
“As I think I said in Cannes,” she said, referring to a major European debate on the issue during the film festival this year, “I didn’t really believe in this so-called reform of authors rights at it stood at that time and that if it continued in that direction it would hit a wall.
“It won’t hit...
Planned reforms to EU copyright rules will not touch territoriality, former European commissioner Viviane Reding told the Rencontres Cinématographiques de Dijon on Friday (Oct 23), the annual conference of France’s authors, directors and producers body Arp.
“Be reassured, that the territorial exploitation of rights is not included in there,” the thrice times European commissioner and current Member of the European Parliament told the meeting.
“The only thing that is being reflected on is how to safeguard the rights of creators so they get their due revenues in the digital era.”
“As I think I said in Cannes,” she said, referring to a major European debate on the issue during the film festival this year, “I didn’t really believe in this so-called reform of authors rights at it stood at that time and that if it continued in that direction it would hit a wall.
“It won’t hit...
- 10/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
Proposals include an end to “unjustified geo-blocking” and a modernisation of copyright law.
The European Commission today revealed plans for a “digital single market” - a unified and borderless regulatory framework for the internet across Europe.
A total of 16 initiatives for the Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy were unveiled in Brussels this morning by Commissioner Andrus Ansip, vp of the Dsm, and Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
Of particular interest to the audiovisual industry were the references made to this sector in the proposals ¨to end unjustified geo-blocking¨ and the introduction of ¨a modern, more European copyright law”.
¨One of the aims of the copyright modernisation is to facilitate the licensing of rights for online distribution of audiovisual content,¨ the Commission declared.
¨Being able to legally access content online cross-border will help deal with geo-blocking concerns, while respecting the value of rights in the audiovisual sector. The financing of the audiovisual sector widely relies...
The European Commission today revealed plans for a “digital single market” - a unified and borderless regulatory framework for the internet across Europe.
A total of 16 initiatives for the Digital Single Market (Dsm) strategy were unveiled in Brussels this morning by Commissioner Andrus Ansip, vp of the Dsm, and Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
Of particular interest to the audiovisual industry were the references made to this sector in the proposals ¨to end unjustified geo-blocking¨ and the introduction of ¨a modern, more European copyright law”.
¨One of the aims of the copyright modernisation is to facilitate the licensing of rights for online distribution of audiovisual content,¨ the Commission declared.
¨Being able to legally access content online cross-border will help deal with geo-blocking concerns, while respecting the value of rights in the audiovisual sector. The financing of the audiovisual sector widely relies...
- 5/6/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: European Commissioner receives criticism from major UK, German and French players as well as European producers associations.
European Commissioner Günther Oettinger has come under fire for his copyright proposals from key industry players from France, the UK and Germany.
In the letter sent to Oettinger and leaked to Screen, Metropolitan Filmexport CEO Victor Hadida, Constantin Film Chairman Martin Moszkowicz and Vue Entertainment International CEO Tim Richards began by underlining “the need for evidence-based policy making when it comes to developing the Commission’s strategy for cinema and copyright.”
They pointed out that the “vast majority” of the EU-supported films screening in the Berlinale’s Competition last month were financed through territorial pre-sales agreements with local distributors.
“Without the ability to adjust the release pattern and the price for films to local market demand – commercial practices that are very common in a range of digital industries – smaller and more fragile works would be marginalised,” they observed...
European Commissioner Günther Oettinger has come under fire for his copyright proposals from key industry players from France, the UK and Germany.
In the letter sent to Oettinger and leaked to Screen, Metropolitan Filmexport CEO Victor Hadida, Constantin Film Chairman Martin Moszkowicz and Vue Entertainment International CEO Tim Richards began by underlining “the need for evidence-based policy making when it comes to developing the Commission’s strategy for cinema and copyright.”
They pointed out that the “vast majority” of the EU-supported films screening in the Berlinale’s Competition last month were financed through territorial pre-sales agreements with local distributors.
“Without the ability to adjust the release pattern and the price for films to local market demand – commercial practices that are very common in a range of digital industries – smaller and more fragile works would be marginalised,” they observed...
- 3/9/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Creative Europe’s Media sub-programme is set to come under the responsibility of the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society to reflect the future role of the digital shift in the development of the creative content industry in Europe.
Until now, the EU’s support programme for the audiovisual industry had been part of the portfolio of the Commissioner for Education & Culture, most recently the Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou.
The European Commission’s President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker has nominated the present Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger to take on the portfolio of Digital Economy and Society.
In a mission letter to Oettinger, Juncker said that he wanted him ¨to ensure that the right conditions are set, including through copyright law, to support cultural and creative industries and exploit their potential for the economy.¨
Oettinger will be expected to focus, among other things, on preparations for ¨ambitious legislative steps towards a connected Digital Single Market¨ within the first six months and support...
Until now, the EU’s support programme for the audiovisual industry had been part of the portfolio of the Commissioner for Education & Culture, most recently the Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou.
The European Commission’s President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker has nominated the present Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger to take on the portfolio of Digital Economy and Society.
In a mission letter to Oettinger, Juncker said that he wanted him ¨to ensure that the right conditions are set, including through copyright law, to support cultural and creative industries and exploit their potential for the economy.¨
Oettinger will be expected to focus, among other things, on preparations for ¨ambitious legislative steps towards a connected Digital Single Market¨ within the first six months and support...
- 9/16/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
With the conflict between Ukraine and neighbouring Russia escalating over the weekend, the organisers of the Odessa International Film Festival (Oiff) have reaffirmed their determination to stage the fifth edition from July 11-19.
“We will do everything possible for it to happen,” the festival declared in a communiqué, explaining that “while grieving for the deceased [on the Maidan Square in Kiev], we must think about the future”.
In response to the events of the past weeks, Oiff’s 2014 line-up will include films about the role of civil society in Ukraine and in the world.
“2014 is going to be a difficult year, so the festival will run without any unnecessary glitz,” the festival observed. “All the efforts will be focused on maintaining the festival’s international level and selecting a top-quality line-up.”
Oiff’s international profile has been given a boost by an Advisory Board consisting of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg’s Kirsten Niehuus, Unifrance’s Joël Chapron, the Israel Film Fund’s Katriel Schory, German...
“We will do everything possible for it to happen,” the festival declared in a communiqué, explaining that “while grieving for the deceased [on the Maidan Square in Kiev], we must think about the future”.
In response to the events of the past weeks, Oiff’s 2014 line-up will include films about the role of civil society in Ukraine and in the world.
“2014 is going to be a difficult year, so the festival will run without any unnecessary glitz,” the festival observed. “All the efforts will be focused on maintaining the festival’s international level and selecting a top-quality line-up.”
Oiff’s international profile has been given a boost by an Advisory Board consisting of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg’s Kirsten Niehuus, Unifrance’s Joël Chapron, the Israel Film Fund’s Katriel Schory, German...
- 3/3/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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