Slated has announced a network of alliances with some top-tier industry companies, 
including Technicolor, ICM, IM Global, and the Sundance Institute. Slated offers them and independent filmmakers an online platform for connecting with one another for film financing, sales, and distribution. Those of us at Slated are thrilled to welcome such distinguish companies to our community.
The announcement was also carried by Hollywood insider news sites The Wrap and Deadline.
BackStage, the go-to place for actors to find career advice and casting information, 
has a good piece on Slated, and our recent announcement of high-profile partners..
Another week, another bumper crop of new members at Slated. This week saw Damon Lindelhof, Ashton Kutcher, super indie producer Christine Vachone, Nicholas Jarecki and others. Welcome. Help yourself to the free mints, over there in the corner.
Season 6 kicks off tonight, and CNN has a overview, interview and what’s-your-view 
on what’s coming up, including an appearance by, well, moi.
So there’s this war, see, and the people back home want lots of updates, well, they’re a people not inclined 
to like to wait for things, see, and then there’s this whole 24-hour news network, and they need stuff to fill the airwaves, and well, the whole thing ended making a Wolf into The Wolf. And that’s the story of how Wolf Blitzer became WOLF BLITZER. The end. Back to you at the News Desk, William.
Field reporting isn’t what it used to be….Last week the Artists and Athletes Alliance, a sort of bridge between Hollywood and D.C., sponsored with UCLA a discussion by Wolf Blitzer at the Four Seasons. Wolf covered politics in general, plus some notable moments from the recent Republican debates. Takeaway: Moderators do probably just as much prep as the candidates. Takeaway #2: Journalists can out-politicize politicians. Takeaway #3: Two takeaways is usually enough.
Kudos and thanks to UCLA, and to Artists and Athletes (on whose Board I serve [how ’bout that locution?]), for their ongoing sponsorship of east-coasties venturing westward. Here’s a UCLA article on the evening, including a salaam by yours truly.
