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..
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.
Slated, the first online film finance marketplace, announced this week 
that the first two films have completed their financing through Slated. The first is an adaptation of Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ and stars William Hurt, Allison Janney, Katie Holmes, and Cherry Jones. The second is a documentary, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, by director Marina Zenovich.
Congratulations and thanks to our fantastic team at Slated for all their hard work and success.
Have some Q’s about Slated? The A’s are right here.
Palm tree shirts and thong swimsuits, here I come. I’m Miami-bound
to do an episode of the perenially popular and sunny Burn Notice. The Hollywood Reporter has the details.
Accessory facts #1: I was last in the Gateway to the Americas for CSI: Miami, which, as fans of it and me might recall, didn’t turn out so well. #2: Several years ago Burn Notice‘s lovely co-lead, Gabrielle Anwar, played my ex in the indie film A Warrior’s Heart. #3: Margaritas are a weakness of mine.
Draw your own conclusions, please.
