Reality television isn't always bloodless. But victims are going to have a tough time collecting damages without demonstrating how producers proximately caused injuries. The lesson comes from an appellate victory earned last week by HBO and Eames Yates Productions. Photos: The Dark Side of Reality TV: 26 Tragic Deaths In 2001, HBO provided funding so that Yates could procure video footage for a possible reality TV show featuring the Emergency Services Unit of the New York Police Department. Two years afterward, a film crew captured an Esu squad as they executed a search warrant in a basement apartment being used
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- 12/27/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, best known for his tough reporting on the CBS news show "60 Minutes," died Saturday. He was 93.
Wallace had been in declining health in recent years. A cause of death has not been released yet.
The reporter started his journalism career in the 1940s as a radio news writer and broadcaster. He joined "60 Minutes" when it premiered in 1968 and continued with the show for 38 seasons.
He made a name for himself...
Wallace had been in declining health in recent years. A cause of death has not been released yet.
The reporter started his journalism career in the 1940s as a radio news writer and broadcaster. He joined "60 Minutes" when it premiered in 1968 and continued with the show for 38 seasons.
He made a name for himself...
- 4/8/2012
- Extra
Taylor Hackford will succeed Michael Apted as president of the Directors Guild of America.
Hackford was chosen Saturday during the guild's biennial national convention at Directors Guild headquarters in Hollywood. Steven Soderbergh was re-elected national VP and Gilbert Cates was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
The 135 delegates on hand also elected members of a new national board of directors. The DGA includes more than 14,000 members.
After a year and a half of labor unrest, which included a four-month writers strike and a protracted stand-off for the actors union, Hackford faces the challenge of navigating the next round of contract negotiations looming in.
With new-media considerations dominating the previous round's contentious debates, the de facto collective bargaining that will materialize in early should prove once again to be a battle over the digital future and how the creative community should be compensated as content migrates to the Web.
Hackford also took aim at Internet...
Hackford was chosen Saturday during the guild's biennial national convention at Directors Guild headquarters in Hollywood. Steven Soderbergh was re-elected national VP and Gilbert Cates was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
The 135 delegates on hand also elected members of a new national board of directors. The DGA includes more than 14,000 members.
After a year and a half of labor unrest, which included a four-month writers strike and a protracted stand-off for the actors union, Hackford faces the challenge of navigating the next round of contract negotiations looming in.
With new-media considerations dominating the previous round's contentious debates, the de facto collective bargaining that will materialize in early should prove once again to be a battle over the digital future and how the creative community should be compensated as content migrates to the Web.
Hackford also took aim at Internet...
- 7/25/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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