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 Plus, Sacha Baron Cohen on why having a camera pointed at you can make you do crazy things  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­    ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­  

| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Netflix cleans house It’s official: Bela Bajaria and Dan Lin are out at Netflix, and Peter Rice is in as the streamer’s new chief content officer. Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the shakeup, how Rice landed the top job, and who he might recruit to oversee Netflix’s future projects. Sacha Baron Cohen has a surgical approach to comedy Sacha Baron Cohen’s provocative characters defy categorization. He created and starred in Da Ali G Show, where his characters Borat, Brüno, and Ali G, the clueless TV host, were born. He wrote and starred in Ali G Indahouse and his mockumentary films Borat and Brüno. Cohen also has an impressive resume of dramatic roles, including The Trial of the Chicago 7, for which he received an Oscar nomination, and the 2024 Apple TV series Disclaimer. However, his latest brings him back to the beginning — Ali G: Who Iz I?, a new film which he wrote, directed, and stars in. Cohen tells Elvis how he involves the audience in creating his characters, why having a camera pointed at you can make you do crazy things, and he explains why Monty Python was such a huge inspiration to him. BIG UP YOURSELF WEEKEND FILM REVIEWS: Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Wicker, Fatherland In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves gathered surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance at Duke Ellington’s townhouse for cocktails and debate. They reminisced about the movement they built and argued over its meaning as Greaves recorded everything. It was never released — Greaves died in 2014 without completing the film — but now his son, David Greaves, has finished the job, editing the footage into the new documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem. “You have this once-in-a-lifetime gathering of all these extraordinary people, and \[you get\] to see them remember things, and remember things differently,” says film critic Alonso Duralde. “The very texture of the film itself transports you physically through just the color grading, and the grain of it,” says critic Dave White. “We don’t think about that much as viewers until we are bathing in the technique and formal qualities of another era.” Duralde and White also review Wicker, Possible Love, and Fatherland. ALL THAT JAZZ Comedian Heather McMahan Is Hanging On ‘By A Thread’ From plastic surgeries to public backlash, comedian Heather McMahan has laughed through it all. In her new stand-up special, she reflects on the unique experience of getting ‘canceled’ online — something she went through last year after a golf tournament went awry. She tells Sam about finding humor in that moment and how it taught her to take better care of herself. Heather and Sam also poke fun at today's political climate and how people often assume she supports MAGA because, as she explains, “I'm blonde, I've got big boobs, I'm from Georgia,” when in reality she’s just a southern liberal. HANG IN THERE Deadly animals and even more deadly producers On The Business, we’re sharing some unheard moments from Kim Masters’ recent conversations. Tiger King filmmaker Eric Goode explains how his years running New York nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels prepared him for a documentary career involving venomous snakes and armed exotic animal traffickers. And veteran marketing executive Gerry Rich looks back at working with the Broccoli family to revive James Bond with GoldenEye, along with his experiences working for a notorious Hollywood producer who once threatened to break Kim’s kneecaps. BONUS BIZ KCRW 1900 Pico Blvd.  Santa Monica, CA 90405  You received this email because you are subscribed to Entertainment Newsletter from KCRW. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Unsubscribe from all future emails. |
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