BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7476@tbala.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T193000 DTSTAMP:20250129T220359Z URL:https://www.tbala.org/events/film-networking-event/ SUMMARY:Film Networking Event DESCRIPTION:“WHAT IN THE H*LL-YWOOD IS HAPPENING?” - A DYNAMIC CONVERSA TION WITH JEWISH FILM &\; TELEVISION CREATORS ABOUT THE MODERN ENTERTAI NMENT INDUSTRY\nTemple Beth Am invites you to a rousing roundtable convers ation with Jewish creators and talent about their pasts\, presents\, and f utures in the biz.\n\nThursday\, February 20 at 7:00 PM in the Ballroom\n\ nParticipants:\n\nBrett Gelman (actor/writer/producer) - “STRANGER THING S”\; “FLEABAG”\; “LADY IN THE LAKE”\n\nChris Bremner (screenwrit er/producer) - BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE\; BAD BOYS FOR LIFE\; THE MAN FROM TO RONTO\n\nAmy Slomovits (manager/producer) - Partner at Haven Entertainment \n\nJosh Feldman (producer) - BUMBLEBEE\; MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE\; MR. CROCKET\n\nModerator:\n\nAndrew Wallenstein - President and Chief Media An alyst of Variety Intelligence Platform\n\n \;\n\nSchmoozing begins at 7:00 PM. Panel begins at 7:30 PM. With more schmoozing to follow.\n\nWine/ Beer/ movie snacks to be provided.\n\nRegister Here\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n- JOSH FELDMAN is a film/TV producer and media executive. He dev eloped many blockbuster studio features\, including:  THE TRANSFORMERS fr anchise\; X-MEN franchise\; Disney’s CINDERELLA\; and THE MARTIAN. He pr oduced the horror features MR. CROCKET and THE MILL for 20th/Disney\, whic h both premiered at #1 globally on Hulu/Disney+. He’s currently in produ ction on HAUNTED HEIST\, starring Tiffany Haddish\, Lil Rel Howery\, and B rett Gelman. He’s also pursuing his Rabbinic Ordination at the AJU’s Z iegler School of Rabbinics.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n- CHRIS BREMNER is a blockbuster screenwriter whose distinctive blend of action and comedy has made him one of Hollywood’s most in-demand writers. His produced credits include BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE and BAD BOYS FOR LIFE \, which became the #3 highest gr ossing movie of 2020. As a producer\, he runs Unknown Quantity\, which mai ntains an overall deal with Sony/Colombia.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n- BRETT GELMAN is a prolific actor\, comedian\, screenwriter\, and author\, whose star-makin g turns in Netflix’s “STRANGER THINGS” and the BBC’s “FLEABAG” brought him global acclaim. He created 2016’s “BRETT GELMAN’S DINNE R IN AMERICA”\, a thought-provoking special for Adult Swim. In 2024\, he released his first book\, “THE TERRIFYING REALM OF THE POSSIBLE” to g reat acclaim. He and his wife\, singer/actress Ari Dayan\, are two of Holl ywood’s most outspoken supporters of the Jewish People and Israel.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n- AMY SLOMOVITS is a talent manager and producer who heads the ta lent department at Haven Entertainment. She represents a diverse roster of actors and writer-performers with credits in acclaimed projects such asIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia\, SNL\, Hacks\, Barry\, Transparent\, Th e Dropout\, and A Man on the Inside amongst others. Known for her keen eye for comedic talent\, she has discovered rising stars at The Groundlings a nd UCB\, while also guiding clients in developing projects that have sold to Hulu\, ABC\, Comedy Central\, and more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n- ANDREW WALLENSTE IN is a President and Chief Media Analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform \,  the preeminent entertainment data and insights company. He worked for 13-years a Variety\, most recently as the Co-Editor-In-Chief. . Wallenste in received the Luminary Award for Career Achievement from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2017. He was an on-air contributor for NPR's All Things Con sidered for nearly a decade and also hosted the PBS series "Variety Studio : Actors on Actors" and TV Guide Channel's "Square Off\," a weekly primeti me series about the TV industry. Wallenstein has a master's degree in jour nalism from Columbia University. His work has appeared in the New York Tim es\, Boston Globe and Business Week. He was at The Hollywood Reporter from 2002 to 2010.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tbala.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01 /What-the-Hollywood-Networking-1.png CATEGORIES:Shul-Wide Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR