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Generation Kill and the New Screen Combat Magdalena Yüksel and Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
15 Generation Kill and the New Screen Combat Magdalena Yüksel and Colleen Kennedy-Karpat No one could accuse the American cultural industries of giving the Iraq War the silent treatment. Between the 24-hour news cycle and fictionalized enter- tainment, war narratives have played a significant and evolving role in the media landscape since the declaration of war in 2003. Iraq War films, on the whole, have failed to impress audiences and critics, with notable exceptions like Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008), which won the Oscar for Best Picture, and her follow-up Zero Dark Thirty (2012), which tripled its budget in worldwide box office intake.1 Television, however, has fared better as a vehicle for profitable, war-inspired entertainment, which is perhaps best exemplified by the nine seasons of Fox’s 24 (2001–2010). Situated squarely between these two formats lies the television miniseries, combining seriality with the closed narrative of feature filmmaking to bring to the small screen— and, probably more significantly, to the DVD market—a time-limited story that cultivates a broader and deeper narrative development than a single film, yet maintains a coherent thematic and creative agenda. As a pioneer in both the miniseries format and the more nebulous category of quality television, HBO has taken fresh approaches to representing combat as it unfolds in the twenty-first century.2 These innovations build on yet also depart from the precedent set by Band of Brothers (2001), Steven Spielberg’s WWII project that established HBO’s interest in war-themed miniseries, and the subsequent companion project, The Pacific (2010).3 Stylistically, both Band of Brothers and The Pacific depict WWII combat in ways that recall Spielberg’s blockbuster Saving Private Ryan (1998). -
Photograph by Candace Dicarlo
60 MAY | JUNE 2013 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPH BY CANDACE DICARLO Showtime CEO Matt Blank has used boundary-pushing programming, cutting-edge marketing, and smart management to build his cable network into a national powerhouse. By Susan Karlin SUBVERSIVE PRACTICALLY PRACTICALLY THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE MAY | JUNE 2013 61 seems too … normal. “Matt runs the company in a very col- Showtime, Blank is involved with numer- This slim, understated, affa- legial way—he sets a tone among top man- ous media and non-profit organizations, Heble man speaking in tight, agers of cooperation, congeniality, and serving on the directing boards of the corporate phrases—monetizing the brand, loose boundaries that really works in a National Cable Television Association high-impact environments—this can’t be creative business,” says David Nevins, and The Cable Center, an industry edu- the guy whose whimsical vision has Showtime’s president of entertainment. cational arm. Then there are the frequent turned Weeds’ pot-dealing suburban “It helps create a sense of, ‘That’s a club trips to Los Angeles. mom, Dexter’s vigilante serial killer, and that I want to belong to.’ He stays focused “I’m an active person,” he adds. “I like Homeland’s bipolar CIA agent into TV on the big picture, maintaining the integ- a long day with a lot of different things heroes. Can it? rity of the brand and growing its exposure. going on. I think if I sat in a room and did Yet Matt Blank W’72, the CEO of Showtime, Matt is very savvy at this combination of one thing all day, I’d get frustrated.” has more in common with his network than programming and marketing that keeps his conventional appearance suggests. -
DGA's 2014-2015 Episodic Television Diversity Report Reveals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lily Bedrossian August 25, 2015 (310) 289-5334 DGA’s 2014-2015 Episodic Television Diversity Report Reveals: Employer Hiring of Women Directors Shows Modest Improvement; Women and Minorities Continue to be Excluded In First-Time Hiring LOS ANGELES – The Directors Guild of America today released its annual report analyzing the ethnicity and gender of directors hired to direct primetime episodic television across broadcast, basic cable, premium cable, and high budget original content series made for the Internet. More than 3,900 episodes produced in the 2014- 2015 network television season and the 2014 cable television season from more than 270 scripted series were analyzed. The breakdown of those episodes by the gender and ethnicity of directors is as follows: Women directed 16% of all episodes, an increase from 14% the prior year. Minorities (male and female) directed 18% of all episodes, representing a 1% decrease over the prior year. Positive Trends The pie is getting bigger: There were 3,910 episodes in the 2014-2015 season -- a 10% increase in total episodes over the prior season’s 3,562 episodes. With that expansion came more directing jobs for women, who directed 620 total episodes representing a 22% year-over-year growth rate (women directed 509 episodes in the prior season), more than twice the 10% growth rate of total episodes. Additionally, the total number of individual women directors employed in episodic television grew 16% to 150 (up from 129 in the 2013-14 season). The DGA’s “Best Of” list – shows that hired women and minorities to direct at least 40% of episodes – increased 16% to 57 series (from 49 series in the 2013-14 season period). -
Twin Peaks’ Se Verá En Movistar + Tras Su Acuerdo Con Showtime
Home / Noticias / Lo nuevo de ‘Twin Peaks’ se verá en Movistar + tras su acuerdo con Showtime Movistar+ y CBS Studios International han anunciado hoy un acuerdo de adquisición exclusivo de los derechos lineales y bajo demanda de todos los futuros estrenos de series de Showtime así como títulos actuales en emisión y una selección de librería. Según el nuevo acuerdo, Movistar+ se convierte en el distribuidor oficial de los contenidos de Showtime en España, incluido el uso de la marca Showtime en todo el territorio. El pistoletazo de salida de la nueva alianza será el estreno en Movistar Series el próximo noviembre del aclamado drama Billions, protagonizado por Paul Giamatti y Damian Lewis; seguido de I’m Dying Up Here, producida por Jim Carrey y protagonizada por Melissa Leo . Movistar+ también estrenará en España el esperado retorno de Twin Peaks (cuyos nuevos capítulos, como ya informamos, serán dirigidos por David Lynch) y la miniserie Purity, protagonizada por Daniel Craig. “En Movistar+ siempre buscamos los mejores contenidos y marcas que incrementan el valor de nuestra oferta de ficción”, ha comentado Pedro García Guillén, CEO de Movistar+ “en los últimos años las series más notorias de Showtime ya han estado presentes en nuestro servicio, pero es a partir de ahora cuando vamos a poder desarrollar todo su potencial. Estamos muy orgullosos de haber llegado a un acuerdo importante con una marca que ha demostrado una especial habilidad para crear series de enorme valor y atractivo para nuestros clientes de Movistar Series”. En palabras de Armando Nuñez, Presidente y CEO de CBS Studios Internacional, ”Showtime está convirtiéndose rápidamente en una de las marcas más prestigiosas del mercado internacional. -
With No Catchy Taglines Or Slogans, Showtime Has Muscled Its Way Into the Premium-Cable Elite
With no catchy taglines or slogans, Showtime has muscled its way into the premium-cable elite. “A brand needs to be much deeper than a slogan,” chairman David Nevins says. “It needs to be a marker of quality.” BY GRAHAM FLASHNER ixteen floors above the Wilshire corridor in entertainment. In comedy, they have a sub-brand of doing interesting things West Los Angeles, Showtime chairman and with damaged or self-destructive characters.” CEO David Nevins sits in a plush corner office Showtime can skew male (Ray Donovan, House of Lies) and female (The lined with mementos, including a prop knife Chi, SMILF). It’s dabbled in thrillers (Homeland), black comedies (Shameless), from the Dexter finale and ringside tickets to adult dramas (The Affair), docu-series (The Circus) and animation (Our the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, which Showtime Cartoon President). It’s taken viewers on journeys into worlds TV rarely presented on PPV. “People look to us to be adventurous,” he explores, from hedge funds (Billions) to management consulting (House of says. “They look to us for the next new thing. Everything we Lies) and drug addiction (Patrick Melrose). make better be pushing the limits of the medium forward.” Fox 21 president Bert Salke calls Showtime “the thinking man’s network,” Every business has its longstanding rivalries. Coke and Pepsi. Marvel and noting, “They make smart television. HBO tries to be more things to more DC. For its first thirty-odd years, Showtime Networks (now owned by CBS people: comedy specials, more half-hours. Showtime is a bit more interested Corporation) ran a distant second to HBO. -
Miss Golden Globe
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2013 Hollywood daughter wins Miss Golden Globe he Golden Globe season has officially Thursday evening at a star-studded affair begun with the crowning of aspiring held at the tony West Hollywood restaurant Tactress Sosie Bacon, the daughter of Fig and Olive. “As a young actress who is Globe winners Kevin Bacon and Kyra just beginning my career, it is truly an honor Sedgwick, as Miss Golden Globe 2014. to be a part of such a special night in film Chosen each year by the Hollywood Foreign and television,” said Sosie Bacon in a state- Press Association, Miss Golden Globe assists ment. The Golden Globes will be presented with the Globes ceremony and is typically Jan 12. — AP the daughter of Hollywood celebrities. The In this file photo, actors Kevin Bacon (left) and Kyra Sedgwick (center) pose with their daugh- outgoing recipient is Francesca Eastwood, ter Sosie Bacon at the 2009 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Washington Hilton in Washington. — AP Fisher. The announcement was made Steve Coogan brings comic relief to ‘Philomena’ hen British comedic actor Steve Coogan first read the But Coogan, 48, says the intersection of drama and comedy Ireland. They then set off to the United States, where the disparity mournful story behind his new film “Philomena” in a was a natural place for him to make a film. “I don’t like the notion between Philomena’s humble background and Martin’s worldli- Wnewspaper, he noticed that the two people in the accom- that you either have a drama or a serious movie that is taxing and a ness is magnified by the foreign locale. -
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Box Sets of the Latest Shows
More Box sets of the latest shows 15th April 2016 Customers with the Family Bundle and existing HD customers can enjoy more Box Sets of the latest shows than any other pay TV or online subscription service in the UK. Now customers can get up to speed with the shows everyone’s talking about from the very beginning. And with new titles added every month, there’s always something new to discover. We have compared our currently available TV Box Sets against other Pay TV and online subscription services in the UK and have more Box Sets* of shows that meet any of the below criteria: - Shows for which the first run of the latest series is currently on TV - Shows which have aired in the last 12 months - Shows for which a new series will be showing in the next 12 months *For a show to be considered a ‘box set’ it must have at least one series that is 60% complete in a given service on the date the audit was undertaken. *Kids content is not classified as TV Box Sets for the purposes of this comparison Monthly comparison of box sets of the latest shows: Last updated 4th April 2016 TalkTalk Amazon Prime Sky TV Netflix Virgin NowTV (inc.YouVie Instant Video w) Box sets of the latest shows 159 92 131 111 44 9 180 160 140 120 100 80 Shows 60 40 20 0 Number of Boxsets of the Latest Latest the of Boxsets of Number Sky TV Netflix Virgin NowTV Amazon Prime TalkTalk Instant Video (inc.YouView) Other Pay TV or Online Substantiation Services Comparison based on box sets of shows available on each service on the following dates: Sky Box Sets Netflix Virgin Now TV Amazon TalkTalk Date of last Audit 04/04/16 04/04/16 07/04/16 04/04/16 04/04/16 04/04/16 Title Sky Netflix Virgin NowTV Amazon TalkTalk 24 Y Y Blacklist, The Y Y Boardwalk Empire Y Y Broadchurch Y Y Californication Y Y Y Criminal Minds Y Y Elementary Y Y Fortitude Y Y Game of Thrones Y Y Girls Y Glee Y Y Gracepoint Y Y Grey's Anatomy Y Y Hannibal Y Y Jinx: The Life And Deaths of Robert Durst, TheY Y Mad Men Y Y Y Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. -
The List: All Primetime Series on Television Calendar Year 2015
The List: All Primetime Series on Television Calendar Year 2015 Source: Nielsen, Live+7 data provided by FX Networks Research. 12/29/14-12/27/15. Original telecasts only. Excludes repeats, specials, movies, news, sports, programs with only one telecast, and Spanish language nets. Cable: Mon-Sun, 8-11P. Broadcast: Mon-Sat, 8-11P; Sun 7-11P. "<<" denotes below Nielsen minimum reporting standards based on P2+ Total U.S. Rating to the tenth (0.0). Important to Note: This list utilizes the TV Guide listing service to denote original telecasts (and exclude repeats and specials), and also line-items original series by the internal coding/titling provided to Nielsen by each network. Thus, if a network creates different "line items" to denote different seasons or different day/time periods of the same series within the calendar year, both entries are listed separately. The following provides examples of separate line items that we counted as one show: %(7 V%HLQJ0DU\-DQH%(,1*0$5<-$1(6DQG%(,1*0$5<-$1(6 1%& V7KH9RLFH92,&(DQG92,&(78( 1%& V7KH&DUPLFKDHO6KRZ&$50,&+$(/6+2:3DQG&$50,&+$(/6+2: Again, this is a function of how each network chooses to manage their schedule. Hence, we reference this as a list as opposed to a ranker. Based on our estimated manual count, the number of unique series are: 2015³1,415 primetime series (1,524 line items listed in the file). 2014³1,517 primetime series (1,729 line items). The List: All Primetime Series on Television Calendar Year 2015 Source: Nielsen, Live+7 data provided by FX Networks Research. -
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Adventurous, unexpected, hilarious, thrilling and raw, we have become known for programming that pushes boundaries, elicits emotional reactions, and always surprises. HOMELAND BILLIONS SHAMELESS Emmy® and Golden Globe® winners Paul Giamatti and WILLIAM H. MACY and EMMY ROSSUM star in this wildly Emmy®, SAG and Golden Globe® winner CLAIRE Damian Lewis star in BILLIONS – a bold drama that engaging and fearlessly twisted series – an ensemble DANES stars as the brilliant Carrie Mathison, who gives secret access into the lives of two powerful New comedy with a family like you’ve never seen before. will stop at nothing to keep America safe. The York titans. Tenacious US Attorney Chuck Rhoades When dad, Frank (MACY) is not at the bar, he’s stirring award-winning and critically acclaimed series is (GIAMATTI) is locked in a battle with brilliant hedge up trouble – so it’s a good thing he has Fiona (ROSSUM), an addicting thrill ride of action and espionage fund king Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod (LEWIS) and there is no his eldest daughter who keeps the family together. The that keeps you guessing at every turn. line they won’t cross to win. It’s a high stakes war Gallaghers may not have much in the way of money Stars CLAIRE DANES, RUPERT FRIEND, where both men are forced to answer the question: or rules, but they know who they are – and they’re F. MURRAY ABRAHAM.and MANDY PATINKIN. What is power worth? absolutely, wildly and unapologetically SHAMELESS. Stars PAUL GIAMATTI and DAMIAN LEWIS. Stars WILLIAM H. MACY and EMMY ROSSUM. THE AFFAIR RAY DONOVAN MASTERS OF SEX Golden Globe® nominee MICHAEL SHEEN and EMMY® The 2015 Golden Globe® winner for Best Television In the glamorous, over-indulgent world of Hollywood, nominee LIZZY CAPLAN star in this provocative true story Series—Drama, THE AFFAIR is a relationship drama Ray Donovan (LIEV SCHREIBER) discreetly arranges chronicling the controversial work, scandalous romance that unfolds like a thriller, taking you down unexpected and conveniently erases all the dirty little secrets and groundbreaking discoveries of Dr. -
Of Utah's Newspa- $299; King Pillowtop Pets
FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELETRANSCRIPT Tooele, Grantsville meet on diamond today See A10 BULLETIN April 3, 2007 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 90 50¢ Of Utah’s ‘toxic six’ half call county home Area ranked 21st in nation for toxic releas- es; total emissions increase since 2004 by Karen Hunt STAFF WRITER Tooele County companies take three of the top six spots for most toxic releases in Utah. EnergySolutions, U.S. Magnesium and Clean Harbor’s Grassy Mountain facility photography / Troy Boman released just under 30 million Residential construction and home prices continue to climb in Stansbury Park, most new homes are priced near $200,000. pounds of toxic substances into the land or air in 2005, according to the Environmental Protection Stansbury edging out G-ville in race to get big fast Agency. That was a nearly a 300 percent increase from the year New residential construction spreading north, south, and west of growing commuter community before. All that waste combined, by Mark Watson The first phase of the project will however, only roughly equals STAFF WRITER include 40 lots and two subsequent the 30 million pounds released Stansbury Park and Grantsville phases will add another 100 lots. by the second-largest polluter in the state — Kennecott Smelter file photo seem to be in a race to see which com- On the east side of Benson Grist Kennecott Smelter and Refinery munity will hit the 10,000 population Mill is an Ivory Homes development. and Refinery in Magna, which sits just over the county line. -
Playthings in Early Modernity
Playthings in Early Modernity FOR PRIVATE AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY Ludic Cultures, 1100–1700 SERIES EDITORS: Bret Rothstein (Chair) Indiana University Alessandro Arcangeli University of Verona Christina Normore Northwestern University See our website for further information on this series and its publications. Medieval Institute Publications is a program of The Medieval Institute, College of Arts and Sciences FOR PRIVATE AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY Playthings in Early Modernity Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games Edited by Allison Levy Ludic Cultures, 1100–1700 MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS Western Michigan University Kalamazoo FOR PRIVATE AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY Copyright © 2017 by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data are available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-580442-60-2 e-ISBN 978-1-580442-61-9 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. FOR PRIVATE AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements xv Introduction: Playing the Field 1 Allison Levy Performing Pictures: Parlor Games and Visual Engagement in Ascanio de’ Mori’s Giuoco piacevole 9 Kelli Wood “Mixt” and Matched: Dance Games in Late Sixteenth-