When Drew Barrymore started on the path to becoming a daytime talk-show host, her industry pals were quick to warn her that the daily grind of hosting a syndicated talker is one of the most demanding jobs in showbiz.
That was more than a year ago. The work has only gotten more complicated since then.
“It’s a giant undertaking,” Barrymore tells Variety while on a break from shooting content for the CBS-distributed “The Drew Barrymore Show,” which debuts Sept. 14, from CBS Broadcast Center in New York. “Everyone kept telling me that if you want to get it right, you have to apply yourself to everything all the time. And I do care about the details.”
For Barrymore, 45, the details have included figuring out entirely new ways to do a talk show in the era of Zoom, which has led the show to embrace technological solutions for assembling virtual studio audiences.
That was more than a year ago. The work has only gotten more complicated since then.
“It’s a giant undertaking,” Barrymore tells Variety while on a break from shooting content for the CBS-distributed “The Drew Barrymore Show,” which debuts Sept. 14, from CBS Broadcast Center in New York. “Everyone kept telling me that if you want to get it right, you have to apply yourself to everything all the time. And I do care about the details.”
For Barrymore, 45, the details have included figuring out entirely new ways to do a talk show in the era of Zoom, which has led the show to embrace technological solutions for assembling virtual studio audiences.
- 9/11/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Ticketmaster is out to prove it can do more than just sell tickets. On April 17, 2015, the ticket sales and distribution company released the web series All Access, which showcases the history and attraction of four iconic New York City theater venues.
In four different episodes on Ticketmaster’s official YouTube channel, All Access profiles Disney’s New Amsterdam Theater, Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, Harlem’s Apollo Theater, and Irving Plaza. The episodes will also be embedded on the venues’ individual Ticketmaster pages. Additionally, the featured theaters will use the videos for their own online promotional efforts.
Ticketmaster’s new All Access series is part of a larger initiative to bring more content (and consequently more advertising opportunities) to the e-commerce website. In addition to All Access, Ticketmaster is introducing an editorial blog to cover upcoming live entertainment events and interview musicians and artists. The ticket company also introduced a Festival Guide,...
In four different episodes on Ticketmaster’s official YouTube channel, All Access profiles Disney’s New Amsterdam Theater, Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, Harlem’s Apollo Theater, and Irving Plaza. The episodes will also be embedded on the venues’ individual Ticketmaster pages. Additionally, the featured theaters will use the videos for their own online promotional efforts.
Ticketmaster’s new All Access series is part of a larger initiative to bring more content (and consequently more advertising opportunities) to the e-commerce website. In addition to All Access, Ticketmaster is introducing an editorial blog to cover upcoming live entertainment events and interview musicians and artists. The ticket company also introduced a Festival Guide,...
- 4/17/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Comedian Paul F. Tomkins is sitting down with Weird Al Yankovic this week for Speakeasy, a new series from Break Media's Made Man. Speakeasy features Hollywood's most iconic men chatting and joking over drinks with Tompkins. The series premiered last week with Modern Family's Ty Burrell, anb will feature guests Zach Galifianakis, Nathan Fillion, Chris Hardwick, Oscar Nuñez (you know, Oscar from NBC's The Office), and True Blood's Sam Trammell. Tompkins, well known for his role in HBO's sketch comedy Mr. Show with Bob and David and his work on VH1's Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins, holds court with guests at a rotating stable of L.A. destinations—and custom cocktails built by in-house mixologists—beginning with a debut at Hollywood's Harvard and Stone. "With Speakeasy, we set out to reconstruct the standard talk show format into something that highlights Hollywood's trailblazers and captures the...
- 5/21/2012
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Break Media launched on Monday a new series, the Paul F. Tompkins-hosted “Speakeasy,” with an eye towards luring high-profile advertisers to its MadeMan site. The show features Tompkins, a well-known comedian, having a friendly conversation with a celebrity guest in a dark bar setting. In the first episode, that guest is Ty Burrell, aka Phil from “Modern Family." The show is “less about drinking and more about a talk show in that type of whiskey bar or upscale dark mahogany environment,” Mitch Rotter, Svp and General Manager of Editorial Properties at Break...
- 5/8/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Randy Malinoff has been appointed to vice president, direct-to-consumer eCommerce for Universal Music Group Distribution (Umgd). He will report to Universal Music Distribution senior vice president, marketing and product development Mitch Rotter. In this position, Malinoff will be responsible for developing, executing and maximizing all Umgd direct-to-consumer (D2C) online sales initiatives. He will work closely with Umgd labels to provide strategic support in the launch of artist based D2C stores and offers as well as the D2C marketing department to ensure the successful ...
- 7/2/2010
- BusinessofCinema
Actress-singer Hilary Duff will put her talents to use as star of the upcoming teen music drama Heart of Summer, for FilmEngine and New Line Cinema. Additionally, The Even Stevens Movie helmer Sean McNamara has come aboard to direct the film. Heart of Summer, which was penned by Sam Shriver from an idea by Mitch Rotter, centers on a small-town teenage girl who heads to Los Angeles, where she spends the summer at a performing arts school. The project, slated for a mid-January production start, is being produced by FilmEngine's A.J. Dix and Anthony Rhulen along with Sara Risher, David Brookwell and McNamara. It is being overseen by New Line production execs Mark Kaufman, Matt Moore and Luke Ryan. Duff, who has made a splash on the big screen in The Lizzie McGuire Movie and Agent Cody Banks, on television in the hit Lizzie McGuire series and on the radio with her debut album, Metamorphosis, has a busy slate of projects lined up for the months ahead. In addition to the upcoming 20th Century Fox comedy Cheaper by the Dozen and a starring role in Warner Bros. Pictures' summer offering A Cinderella Story, she recently signed a comedy pilot deal with CBS. She is repped by Curtis Talent Management.
- 12/3/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Mitch Rotter has been named senior vp soundtracks and music development at New Line Cinema. He will report to executive vp music Paul Broucek and president of production Toby Emmerich. Rotter, who has been with New Line for seven years, was vp soundtracks and music development -- a post he assumed in 2000. Rotter joined the company in 1997 as a music marketing manager. During his tenure with New Line, he has worked on such projects as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I Am Sam and Freddy vs. Jason. In 1999, Rotter co-founded New Line Records. Before New Line, he was new media manager at Capitol Records.
- 8/27/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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