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Audible will immerse listeners in “The Big Lie,” an original drama series based on the FBI’s real-life infiltration of Hollywood during the 1950’s Red Scare.
“The Big Lie,” premiering June 16 on Audible, stars Jon Hamm as FBI special agent Jack Bergin, who sets out to shut down production of “Salt of the Earth” — the only movie named to the so-called Hollywood Blacklist — after he becomes convinced that it’s really a recruiting tool for the Communist Party. The seven-episode “The Big Lie” will premiere exclusively on Audible.
Hamm said that when Mankiewicz and director Aaron Lipstadt approached him with the idea for “The Big Lie,” “it was an automatic ‘yes.'”
“Exploring the consequences of what happens when governments try to quiet the voices of the people — especially working people — is a theme that resonates with me deeply in 2022, so getting to both act in and executive produce this series was very rewarding,” Hamm said. “And getting to tell this story over audio, in a format that mirrors the way audiences might have actually heard it over the radio in the 1950s, made it all the more authentic.”
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Fri June 10 - 5:30 PM
Studio 525
Join us for Tribeca's world premiere of Audible's new series, The Big Lie, created by John Mankiewicz from a story by Paul Jarrico, written with Jamie Napoli, directed by Aaron Lipstadt and starring Jon Hamm, Kate Mara.....
The event will feature an immersive experience and first listen of the title before its release, a conversation with creators and cast, and an after party with light food & beverage.
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Have You Seen This Chair? w/ Jon Hamm | YMIW Live!
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You Made It Weird Live with Jon Hamm, Chris Redd and Matteo Lane
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Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (Atypical) are set as leads in the upcoming fifth installment of Fargo, FX’s acclaimed limited series created and executive produced by Noah Hawley.
Temple, Hamm and Leigh will play the central characters of Dot, Roy and Lorraine, respectively.
Previous seasons of Fargo have been headlined by Billy Bob Thornton, Kirsten Dunst, Ewan McGregor and Chris Rock, among others.
Hamm, Emmy winner for his starring role on Mad Men, is onscreen in the box office mega hit Top Gun: Maverick. He is repped by CAA, Forward Entertainment and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
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Jon Hamm on His First Film Festival and How He Measures His Own Success
....heading to Tribeca, where he’ll premiere his indie workplace dramedy 'Corner Office' on June 9.
...This week, Hamm pivots to celebrating his Kafkaesque workplace satire Corner Office at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here, he opines about the film biz and post-pandemic recalibrations.
What do you remember about your first film festival ?
- I think my first time must have been for The Town, and it was a double whammy because we went from Venice to Toronto. Just like with Top Gun, it was a movie that people were really excited about. I remember being a young actor and thinking, “Maybe someday I’ll get to go to Sundance Film Festival.” It’s where all the cool, independent movies were coming out of in the ’90s, and I think Tribeca has picked up some of that momentum. I love premiering movies at festivals, because the audience is full of true film fanatics, and I love that it can be a springboard for movies that maybe don’t have the promotional infrastructure built in.
There are many ways to measure success beyond box office numbers; what metrics are most important to you?
- I’ve had an experience recently where a lot of people are now seeing Beirut, a movie I made back in 2015 and 2016, for the first time because it’s on a streaming platform. It was a small movie that had a very limited release, so very few people saw it when it came out. That’s part of the problem of this golden age of content — we’re overloaded. But it feels good to have people telling me, even now, that they saw a movie and that they liked it.
What drew you to Corner Office ?
- I was drawn to its ambition — the movie takes a big swing, and right away I saw the potential for it to be very cool and weird.
The dark side of corporate office life seem to be in the zeitgeist.
- Yes, the movie feels very Severance; we of course made this well before the show came out. I think there’s been a realignment of how we view work and office life. I was having a conversation the other night with friends — with the pandemic and the Trump presidency, people forgot how to behave and what it was like to actually be in community with each other, whether it’s going to the movies or being respectful in Starbucks. The connection we had, virtually and through social media, was quite fake. The movie digs into the idea of who you think you are versus what you’re presenting to the world.
Top Gun is being heralded as a return to movie theater normalcy — what are you most looking forward to within that return ?
- As old as I am, it’s hard for me to remember a time pre-Tom Cruise. So it’s really exciting to get to work on this movie. I don’t think the theatrical experience will ever go away, and it’s been a long time since we had a movie that was so clearly meant for the theater. Pushing the release date back and back was absolutely the correct decision. But I’ll also say that wherever Corner Office lands after Tribeca, it’ll likely be a streamer. There are so many accessible ways to watch independent films that we didn’t have before. I think of the success that Everything Everywhere All at Once has found — the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] are so talented — and it’s so fun to see movies become the little engine that could.
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Tribecca festival Corner office premiere
Tribeca's world premiere of Audible The Big Lie
....And among the explosive film screenings, immersive art displays and star-studded red carpets that cemented themselves as this year’s favorites was the debut of The Big Lie, an Audible Original drama. Starring V favorites – John Hamm, Kate Mara and Ana de la Reguera – the series is based on the true story by Paul Jarrico, which documents the making of the 1954 film, Salt of the Earth, the only movie named to the “Hollywood Blacklist.” It follows the story of three outcast filmmakers trying to make a movie that dramatized their pro-labor, pro-feminist beliefs.
“When you actually just listen to [The Big Lie], there is something very different and you’re able to transport yourself,” Jon Hamm said during last week's festival preview. “Getting to tell this story over audio, in a format that mirrors the way audiences might have actually heard it over the radio in the 1950s, made it all the more authentic."
mr Hamm repped by CAA, Forward Entertainment and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
CAA New York party
The agency kicked of Tony Awards weekend by hosting agents, clients, executives and friends at an exclusive bash (at an undisclosed location) in celebration of the milestone 75th annual telecast. Zach Braff, Rachel Dratch, Jesse Williams, Betty Who, Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss, Michael Shannon, Jon Hamm, Justin Paul, Charles Melton, Amber Ruffin, Michelle Buteau, Jenny Han, Aaron Tveit, Frankie Grande, Maria Bakalova, Justin Bartha, Benj Pasek, CAA’s head of theatre Joe Machota and CAA’s co-head of cultural business strategy Kevin Lin were among the attendees.
...as audience sensation Top Gun: Maverick falls to No. 2 in its third weekend. Top Gun 2 continues to overperform and should earn a rousing $50 million this session as it approaches the $400 million mark domestically.
Jon Hamm, considerato come l’uomo più sexy del mondo, nell’intervista concessa ad Antonella Catena si dice un uomo fortunato per essere diventato famoso a 36 anni e, consapevole del suo fascino, afferma: «Non mi vergogno di mostrare la mia imperfezione e neppure la mia debolezza. Non è vero che gli uomini veri non cambiano mai».
https://style.corriere.it/news/style-magazine-giugno-2022-edicola-corriere-della-sera-anticipazioni/
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At the same time, Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick is still speeding along as it crossed the $700M mark worldwide, with (a rather fitting) $747M through today. The Tom Cruise-starrer added $52.7M in 64 overseas markets during its third frame, another terrific drop at just 39% — despite losing the majority of IMAX screens to the dinosaurs. The international cume is now $353.7M as domestic approaches $400M.
Is this phenomenon going to cross $1B worldwide? Signs are now certainly pointing there. Already, Maverick is on track to become Cruise’s biggest worldwide grosser, overtaking Mission: Impossible – Fallout in short order.
JON HAMM, DA MAD MEN A TOP GUN MAVERICK: «NON CONFONDIAMO I MASCHI ALPHA CON I BULLI ALLA DONALD TRUMP»
Did you also grow up with the myth of the original Top Gun ?
- I must have seen it a dozen times. The first in the cinema. I was a teenager from Saint Louis and that movie was about me and me. I reflected on the desire that the protagonists had to grow, to find their place in the world. While we were shooting, many soldiers of my age who acted as consultants and extras revealed to me that they had signed up as soon as they came out of the cinema.
Then the West was about to win the Cold War. Today a very "hot" one broke out in Ukraine. Do you ever think about it?
- Geopolitics is something else. Our film is an intimate story. It is not a war film. Talk about men and private confrontations. It was born when today's conflict was unthinkable. Then there is my personal position: I am against all wars. I want peace.
And what did he want for himself as a boy? Did he fulfill his dreams back then?
- I've never been a dreamer. One day I wanted to be a football player, the other a writer. Or the doctor. But I've never been a daydreamer. And I never thought much about the future.
In the sense that he has always preferred the past or the present?
- The moment. I live just second by second. For me, only the present always counts.
But in an interview he said that his most frequent feeling is nostalgia…
- Yes, but not as a yearning . I'm sorry for things ending. However, at the same time, I learned that nostalgia must also be lived with joy. I want to be happy, like everyone. And that's the only way I can be. If I don't get carried away by sadness. I learned this by overcoming many griefs.
It refers to the fact that he lost his mother as a child and his father in his 20s. Who helped you overcome these losses?
- The school: the teachers, my classmates, their families who have "adopted" me. My parents divorced when I was two years old. I lived with my mother until I was ten: then she died in front of my eyes, due to colon cancer. So I moved in with my dad, who had rebuilt a family. It was he who enrolled me at the John Burroughs School in Saint Louis: we were of the lower middle class, that was a school for the rich. But they welcomed me very well. It really was my second home. Out of gratitude, after graduating in English Literature, I went back there to teach acting ...
Among the professions he dreamed of growing up he did not mention the actor. When did you fall in love with this profession?
- In college, I responded to the announcement of a theater company staging A Midsummer Night's Dream. He helped me a lot. Dad had just died. I was stunned. I found myself in bad company. The stage "saved" me, giving me a reason for living . It was 1995: I decided to get into my 1986 Toyota Corolla that was "kicking the bucket" and go to Hollywood. I only had $ 150.
And how did the trip go?
- From Missouri to California in a single pull. The car died shortly after. But he had taken me to my aunt, with whom I lived for a few months. He hadn't seen me since I was nine. She offered me room and board. Meanwhile, I was looking for work.
Is it true that you also worked as a watchman for a porn movie?
- Soft-porn. I did everything in that period. Waiter. Washing machines. Dishwasher. All jobs a lot less boring than doing the costumes on that set.
Perhaps because there were few clothes ...
- ( Laughs , ed). Likely. However, they were really difficult years. I showed up at all the auditions but they never caught me. My agency did not renew my contract. I myself decided that if I didn't turn 30 I would go home. However, things began to get better. And in 2007, Don Draper arrived.
He was 36 years old: do you think becoming famous "when you grow up" was a good thing or a bad thing?
- I think I'm a lot stronger than some kids who found themselves at 15. So that was good. To aspiring actors I tell you not to be afraid if success doesn't come right away . And I recommend not to overdo it with social networks: they take away the mystery. The advance: I don't have Instagram, I'm not on Tik Tok. No Facebook. Nothing…
Mystery was the secret of Don Draper's charm. Along with his being, at least in appearance, an Alpha male. Are you a little bit?
- I distinguish between alpha male and Donald Trump bully. The first for me is a man who takes his responsibilities towards family, friends, society. And that at the same time he doesn't hide his feelings. My father did. But I am not ashamed of my imperfection. Not even weakness. It is not true that "real" men do not change. Certain characters of Francis Scott Fitzgerald come to mind. Or Marcello Mastroianni in the films of Federico Fellin i. Clint Eastwood after Inspector Callaghan. And Gregory Peck, James Stewart. But also Jeff Bridges.
All "classic" actors, from a Hollywood and a world that, perhaps, no longer exist ...
- Are you sure? For me they are very modern. So male and sensitive, very elegant and imperfect .
Like her?
- I hope so. I want it to be like that.
Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed
You have other things coming down the pipeline as well, such as Maggie Moore(s) and Chicken Run. What can you say about working with Jon Hamm in Maggie Moore(s)? How much fun is that?
Nick Mohammed: Goodness me, it was so much fun. We filmed it back in October or November of last year, and it was the first time I'd been away for a really long period of time. That in itself was tricky, and I really missed my family. I've got young kids, and it was the first time I've experienced that.
But the actual work was really fun. Jon Hamm is just a pro, but what an absolute gentleman. Pretty much all my scenes were with Jon, so it was just a joy. And John Slattery was directing it. I'm a huge Mad Men fan, so I was trying to not be too much of a fanboy, really, and concentrate on getting my lines right.
I did some ADR on it a few days ago, so I've seen tiny little snippets, but I've actually not seen the full film. They're just finishing it off, but I'm really looking forward to it. They seem pleased with it, so I'm looking forward to seeing it.
comedian Sarah Cooper
You had a career and were working before the pandemic and your social media impressions which made you a global comedic presence. But your rise happened fast and it happened at a time when many of us were physically disconnected. What was that experience like?
- .......Then, two years later, I’m like, “Oh, my God, I actually was in a scene with Jon Hamm and I didn’t know what to say to him at all.” That’s the thing that’s tough. I went from talking to my husband at the time and my dog all day to talking these amazing actors and I didn’t have time to really appreciate it.
Allora festival
The Tranese soprano Miriam Marcone sang at the opening ceremony of the Allora fest, which will take place until June 26 in Ostuni.
In the event there are many characters from American cinema and beyond. Among the names, Marisa Tomei, Alfre Woodard, Edward Norton, Jon Hamm, Matt Dillon, Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Joely Richardson, Raoul Bova.
https://www.ilgiornaleditrani.net/il-soprano-di-trani-miryam-marcone-apre-il-festival-del-cinema-di-
