Category Archives: Hollywood

Why Did Adriana ‘Costa’ Change Her Name?

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Luke Ford

Dikla Kadosh blogs: "On The Lot" host Adrianna Costa is NOT Latina. She’s white…and Jewish…and grew up in the valley. According to Wikipedia, 26-year-old Adrianna’s real last name is Heber and one of the categories she’s listed under is American … Continue reading →

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Does Hollywood give Jewish?

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Luke Ford

Brad A. Greenberg writes for the Jewish Journal: This is what Hollywood’s old-school Jewish philanthropy looks like: 900 Jews worried about anti-Semitism sitting inside the International Hall of the Beverly Hilton. Holocaust survivors sit side-by-side with some of entertainment’s biggest … Continue reading →

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Producer Harry Bernsen

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Luke Ford

Click here for the video from my July 18, 2007 interview. Harry was the first person I interviewed (in June 1996) for my book The Producers: Profiles In Frustration. Bernsen (hbmasquerade@yahoo.com) is producing the musical "Love According To Me", which … Continue reading →

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Saudis On Studio Board

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Luke Ford

From NYPost.com: A new movie company called the Film Department has just been born. Its CEO is Mark Gill, for mer Miramax and Warner Independent exec who masterminded "March of the Penguins." Two of its board members are Sheik Waleed … Continue reading →

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Press Coverage Of ‘Captivity’ Party

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Luke Ford

Kevin Roderick writes on LAObserved: Patt Morrison also decided to write about the movie. Her Op-Ed column runs first — today in the Times. Stein’s weekly Op-Ed offerings run on Fridays, so he’s been told to spike his already finished … Continue reading →

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