It’s a gray April morning in a sleepy town outside Boston, and Chadwick Stokes is in the wood-walled studio above his garage, reworking a song he wrote decades ago.
“The General” tells the tale of a Civil War veteran who has a dream that makes him realize the futility of combat. Stokes wrote it for his band, Dispatch, and it originally appeared on the group’s 1997 album Bang Bang. Since then it has become one of the band’s most well-known tracks, a staple of Dispatch shows and big on streaming services.
“The General” tells the tale of a Civil War veteran who has a dream that makes him realize the futility of combat. Stokes wrote it for his band, Dispatch, and it originally appeared on the group’s 1997 album Bang Bang. Since then it has become one of the band’s most well-known tracks, a staple of Dispatch shows and big on streaming services.
- 4/26/2022
- by Maura Johnston
- Rollingstone.com
Spoiler Alert: This piece contains spoilers for “Lizzy,” the finale of “The Dropout,” which premiered April 7 Hulu.
When Elizabeth Meriwether was first planning “The Dropout” — her Hulu adaptation of the popular ABC News podcast of the same name, which chronicled the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes — she had an idea about where she wanted the story to end: Burning Man. “It seemed like an interesting place for a kind of quote-unquote rebirth, you know?” Meriwether said.
She could picture Elizabeth, played by Amanda Seyfried, along with her mysterious new boyfriend Billy Evans, as Burners frolicking in the desert without a care in the world. After all, in August 2018, images of the couple at the annual late-summer festival had emerged on social media: In a viral photograph, Holmes can be seen in a T-shirt and fur-collared jacket, wearing hot pink sunglasses and a blissed-out grin. Gone...
When Elizabeth Meriwether was first planning “The Dropout” — her Hulu adaptation of the popular ABC News podcast of the same name, which chronicled the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes — she had an idea about where she wanted the story to end: Burning Man. “It seemed like an interesting place for a kind of quote-unquote rebirth, you know?” Meriwether said.
She could picture Elizabeth, played by Amanda Seyfried, along with her mysterious new boyfriend Billy Evans, as Burners frolicking in the desert without a care in the world. After all, in August 2018, images of the couple at the annual late-summer festival had emerged on social media: In a viral photograph, Holmes can be seen in a T-shirt and fur-collared jacket, wearing hot pink sunglasses and a blissed-out grin. Gone...
- 4/7/2022
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
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"The Dropout" has begun unraveling the fraud scandal behind Elizabeth Holmes's tech company Theranos. The new Hulu limited series, which premiered on March 3, debuted three new episodes upon its arrival, introducing the many players involved, both voluntarily and involuntarily, in the healthcare startup's scheme. One character that sticks out in episode three is former Theranos chief design architect Ana Arriola (played by Nicky Endres). Arriola only lasts four months with the company, but many are wondering what happened to them after their departure.
Prior to joining Theranos, Arriola worked as a senior product line manager at Apple, where she helped design the first iPhone. As seen in "The Dropout," Holmes poaches them from the tech giant; surprisingly convincing them to join her team before she even got Theranos's product to work. But it's no shock that Arriola eventually grows suspicious of what's happening behind the scenes.
"The Dropout" has begun unraveling the fraud scandal behind Elizabeth Holmes's tech company Theranos. The new Hulu limited series, which premiered on March 3, debuted three new episodes upon its arrival, introducing the many players involved, both voluntarily and involuntarily, in the healthcare startup's scheme. One character that sticks out in episode three is former Theranos chief design architect Ana Arriola (played by Nicky Endres). Arriola only lasts four months with the company, but many are wondering what happened to them after their departure.
Prior to joining Theranos, Arriola worked as a senior product line manager at Apple, where she helped design the first iPhone. As seen in "The Dropout," Holmes poaches them from the tech giant; surprisingly convincing them to join her team before she even got Theranos's product to work. But it's no shock that Arriola eventually grows suspicious of what's happening behind the scenes.
- 3/4/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Elizabeth Holmes's billion-dollar business failure is one of the most unbelievable fraud stories in recent years. The disgraced Theranos founder managed to deceive investors and scientists by overselling the capabilities of her blood-testing system, which she claimed could diagnose tens of diseases with a pinprick's worth of blood. An investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and an exposé from The Wall Street Journal revealed the device never worked and uncovered the web of lies Holmes weaved to keep investors in the dark, which ultimately led to her business's demise. However, one whistle-blower got the ball rolling in bringing Holmes's house of cards crashing down: Tyler Shultz. Here's what to know about the former Theranos employee and what he's up to now.
Who Is Tyler Shultz?
Shultz is among those affected by the Theranos scheme. He's the grandson of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a member of Theranos's board of directors.
Who Is Tyler Shultz?
Shultz is among those affected by the Theranos scheme. He's the grandson of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a member of Theranos's board of directors.
- 3/2/2022
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
‘The Dropout’: Dylan Minnette, Bashir Salahuddin & Alan Ruck Among Nine Added To Hulu Limited Series
Hulu’s upcoming limited series The Dropout, about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, continues to expand its cast with the addition of Dylan Minnette, Alan Ruck, Bashir Salahuddin and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Also joining the cast are Hart Bochner, James Hiroyuki Liao, Nicky Endres, Camryn Mi-Young Kim and Andrew Leeds. They will appear opposite Amanda Seyfried in the series from Liz Meriwether, Seachlight Television and Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television.
Created and executive produced by Meriwether, who also serves as showrunner, The Dropout is based on the ABC News/ABC Radio podcast. Holmes (Seyfried), the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos, was lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation. Once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people’s health in grave danger. Money. Romance. Tragedy.
Created and executive produced by Meriwether, who also serves as showrunner, The Dropout is based on the ABC News/ABC Radio podcast. Holmes (Seyfried), the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos, was lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation. Once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people’s health in grave danger. Money. Romance. Tragedy.
- 8/3/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
“She was a really good storyteller,” The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley documentarian Alex Gibney said of Elizabeth Holmes and her Theranos company, which was going to revolutionize blood testing, provide low-cost early detection of diseases and save lives.
And, of course, there was the romanticism of a pretty young woman finally getting ahead in the tech world, for which the media fell in a big way. But, after duping some very high-profile investors, and journalists who landed her on the covers of prestigious magazines. But, within months of becoming the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs, her $9 billion company was worthless.
Appearing at TCA on Friday to promote his HBO documentary, Gibney likened Holmes’ messaging skills to a young Thomas Edison or Jobs. But, unlike Jobs and Edison, “her product did not work.”
In her con-game, “she checked a lot of boxes,...
And, of course, there was the romanticism of a pretty young woman finally getting ahead in the tech world, for which the media fell in a big way. But, after duping some very high-profile investors, and journalists who landed her on the covers of prestigious magazines. But, within months of becoming the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs, her $9 billion company was worthless.
Appearing at TCA on Friday to promote his HBO documentary, Gibney likened Holmes’ messaging skills to a young Thomas Edison or Jobs. But, unlike Jobs and Edison, “her product did not work.”
In her con-game, “she checked a lot of boxes,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
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