Golden LA has added Dahlia Stone to its team as executive producer. Formerly on the sales side, she has repped an array of creative companies, including Golden LA. This transition is an inspired pivot for Stone, informed by her years of experience across all facets of production.
Stone prides herself on offering creative solutions for modern production needs. She believes film and advertising reflect and influence contemporary society and actively recognizes great opportunities to create positive change in our industry. She brings to her new role a background in social justice work and arts organizing. As a sales agent, she was a West Coast talent rep with Stephanie Stephens Reps and worked as a Texas/Midwest rep with GRG Partners.
Golden LA is a multi-disciplinary studio led by fellow executive producer Geoff McLean. Golden LA’s previous commercial work includes collaborations with brands like Amazon, Google, Nike, FIFA, Miller Lite, Asics, Netflix, Apple and TikTok. Golden LA is also home to Goldenchild, a design-based arm of the company dedicated to CGI, VR/AR experiences, and creating elevated visual work for brands, agencies, and performing artists.
Golden’s managing director, Matthew Marquis, said, “Dahlia is a star when it comes to production. She’s whip-smart and has a unique way of approaching creative problem-solving. We’ve loved working with her as our sales rep and are thrilled to have her on board as an EP.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More