Peter Ziegler of Ziegler Management Group, New York, is now handling East Coast sales for Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles….Maria Stenz and Michelle Stuart of Stenz and Company, New York, are handling East Coast sales for Free Market Films, New York….Angelina Powers has joined Convergence, New York, as director of sales and marketing. She will be repping the editorial facility nationally….Cinematographer Paul Cameron, a client in the commercial/music video division of Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, since 1988, has returned to the agency’s feature film division. The company has also signed cinematographers Xavier Perez Grobet and Jo Willems for exclusive representation in all divisions….DP Karsten "Crash" Gopinath is now repped by Jeannine Angelique at Lyons Sheldon Prosnit, Los Angeles….DP John Toll has wrapped principal photography on director Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, and is available for commercials via the Judy Marks Agency, Los Angeles….DP Daniel Stoloff is now available for spots and music videos through Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, after completing principal photography on the Disney film Miracle for director Gavin O’Conner….
Mindy Kaling and Kate Hudson Take On Pro Basketball In Netflix Series “Running Point”
In Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series, "Running Point, " Kate Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, the new president of the Los Angeles Waves, a pro basketball team that's been run by her family for years. Hudson's character has to prove herself as a woman in a man's world not only to her passed-over brothers, but also to players whose egos need checking and other executives who don't take her seriously.
If Isla's story rings a bell, take a look at the list of executive producers on the 10-episode season dropping Thursday: Among them is Jeanie Buss, the president of the Los Angeles Lakers, who was embroiled in similar turmoil over control of the storied NBA franchise after the death of her father, Jerry Buss.
Buss not only has given the show her blessing, it was her idea said Kaling. Buss was a big fan of "The Office" and approached Kaling with the premise about five years ago. Kaling ended up as the co-creator, writer and executive producer alongside Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen.
"She's in a very serious, stressful job but she loves comedy. She does not take herself seriously," Kaling says of Buss. "That's really rare when someone has that much power and that much to lose."
Jeanie Buss' blessing
In fact, Kaling said, Buss wanted the show to be funny and had "no ego" about using her real life as inspiration.
"She's had some extremely interesting things happen to her as the president of the Lakers. Some of it is she literally dated the coach for many years and she's like, 'Do whatever you want,'" Kaling says, referring to Buss' former relationship with Phil Jackson. "To get that kind of carte blanche, I'd never heard that from someone who is so famous and, you know, pretty private."
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