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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dennis Maguire, who worked as Rob Reiner’s first assistant director on “Misery” and the reshoots for “Stand By Me.” On Sunday, Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home. The following has been edited…
Carl Rinsch spent years in director jail. Now he’s facing real jail.A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday found Rinsch guilty on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million in a lavish spending spree.After less than five hours of deliberation, the jury said it found Rinsch guilty on all…
In March of 2020, Netflix infused $11 million into a production company to complete the first season of “White Horse,” a futuristic sci-fi series it hoped to bring to its platform.Carl Rinsch — the director, writer, and showrunner of “White Horse” — never finished the 12 episodes he was supposed…
He didn’t get a visionary Netflix series. But at least he got a coffee table book.Former Netflix executive Peter Friedlander testified Tuesday about director-producer Carl Rinsch’s failure to deliver “White Horse,” which was supposed to be a futuristic sci-fi show that turned into a Hollywood debacle.At Rinsch’s criminal trial, in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 41-year-old Devi Parikh, who lives in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.The seed of my passion for AI was planted in the early 2000s when I studied electrical and computer engineering at college. I was exposed…
For more than four years, “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu has lived every waking hour inside the land of Oz. He shot 2024’s critical and box-office success “Wicked” simultaneously with its sequel, “Wicked: For Good,” which cultivates a cinematic conclusion he hopes will live up to the beloved Broadway musical…
