'Today' vs. 'Good Morning America': Morning News Race Heats Up TV's Fiercest Duel

August 12, 2014
'Today' vs. 'Good Morning America': Morning News Race Heats Up TV's Fiercest Duel
By Brian Steinberg Like most duels, this one starts at dawn. About 5,000 people, some of them dressed in purple wigs or stars-and-stripes hats, have lined up outside Rumsey Playfield in New York's Central Park in the wee hours of what will turn out to be a beautiful June morning. The attraction? A chance to watch Jennifer Lopez debut songs from her latest album on the nation's most-watched morning show, ABC's "Good Morning America." Full Story on Variety.com→
First City Fest Trades on Monterey Pop's Legacy By Matthew Kivel In summer 1967, the sleepy town of Monterey, Calif., roared to life — hosting the first, and only, Monterey Pop Festival at its county fairgrounds. Jimi Hendrix lit his guitar on fire, Janis Joplin redefined the blues and Otis Redding staged a soul revue for the ages. It was the first widely publicized festival of its kind, in which rock and pop took center stage. Monterey Pop laid the groundwork for what would become an American cultural tradition — and lucrative money-making institution — the summer music festival. Full Story→	Music Supervisors Wax Eloquent On Art, Craft of Complex Profession By Steve Chagollan Some of music supervision's leading lights visited Variety recently to talk shop. Participants included Guild of Music Supervisors president Maureen Crowe ("Chicago," "The Bodyguard"); Anton Monsted, senior VP of Fox Music, who helped craft Baz Luhrmann's more Byzantine soundtracks ("The Great Gatsby," "Moulin Rouge"); TV top gun Thomas Golubic ("Breaking Bad," "Walking Dead"), Tracy McKnight ("Draft Day," "The Messenger"), who served as VP of film music at Lionsgate when it was cornering the market on young adult fiction; and Frankie Pine, who alternates between features ("Magic Mike," "Kinsey") and television ("The Newsroom," "Nashville"). Full Story→	Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Grants Change Lives, Launch Careers By Shelli Weinstein "Ever since I was a little girl I've heard actors I admire thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press in their Golden Globe speeches," Cal State L.A. student Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni says. "I never could have imagined then that this same organization would be supporting me in my journey to being a professional actor and producer." As part of its mission, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. is committed to contributing to nonprofit organizations c... Full Story→
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