Post by jo on Apr 18, 2014 1:40:37 GMT -5
Michael Riedel talks about the James Franco Instagram pan of Ben Brantley...and others talking of backstage gossip. He also hints at l'affaire Franco/young twitter lady friend.
nypost.com/2014/04/17/james-franco-and-broadways-tweet-nothings/
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*Hmmm... would these rules have prevented those tweeted pans from Cerveris and Block about live singing in Les Miserables?
*Brantley has actually replied to Franco - he refused to take the bait. I wonder how Franco took the extreme panning that he got for his Oscar hosting skills smiley-rolleyes010
Hugh has done very well with how he uses his social media accounts. He talks about his career and current projects, informs about his advocacies, praises outstanding performances that he has seen, helps some with endorsement shoutouts, occasionally shares personal but not intrusive information on himself and his family...and even tries to impress with his photographic skills
He has a Mass Communications degree ( journalism) which he is using to good advantage plus he is a naturally gracious person!
Many of his colleagues could learn a thing or two from him
Jo
nypost.com/2014/04/17/james-franco-and-broadways-tweet-nothings/
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Today, every Broadway cast member is given a tutorial on social media. Press agents drill into actors’ heads what they can and, more importantly, can’t say on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any of those other newfangled outlets that have turned everybody into mini-Walter Winchells.
Rule No. 1: Don’t say anything negative. No. 2: Don’t spread backstage gossip.
James Franco and Heléne Yorke must have skipped class.
Franco, who’s got itchy fingers when it comes to his Instagram account (hello, young lady!), lashed out at Big Ben Brantley yesterday, calling the Times critic a “little bitch” and “an idiot” for panning his performance in “Of Mice and Men.”
Yorke, meanwhile, Instagrammed (is that a verb?) a snap of a backstage poster at “Bullets Over Broadway” (she plays the gangster’s girl, Olive) that says the word “f–k” has been removed from Wednesday matinees so the producers can sell tickets to high school groups...
Rule No. 1: Don’t say anything negative. No. 2: Don’t spread backstage gossip.
James Franco and Heléne Yorke must have skipped class.
Franco, who’s got itchy fingers when it comes to his Instagram account (hello, young lady!), lashed out at Big Ben Brantley yesterday, calling the Times critic a “little bitch” and “an idiot” for panning his performance in “Of Mice and Men.”
Yorke, meanwhile, Instagrammed (is that a verb?) a snap of a backstage poster at “Bullets Over Broadway” (she plays the gangster’s girl, Olive) that says the word “f–k” has been removed from Wednesday matinees so the producers can sell tickets to high school groups...
*Hmmm... would these rules have prevented those tweeted pans from Cerveris and Block about live singing in Les Miserables?
*Brantley has actually replied to Franco - he refused to take the bait. I wonder how Franco took the extreme panning that he got for his Oscar hosting skills smiley-rolleyes010
Hugh has done very well with how he uses his social media accounts. He talks about his career and current projects, informs about his advocacies, praises outstanding performances that he has seen, helps some with endorsement shoutouts, occasionally shares personal but not intrusive information on himself and his family...and even tries to impress with his photographic skills
He has a Mass Communications degree ( journalism) which he is using to good advantage plus he is a naturally gracious person!
Many of his colleagues could learn a thing or two from him
Jo
