Entries from LAist tagged with 'currenttv'
May 9, 2008
The idea for Pangea Day was inspired by filmmaker Jehane Noujaim's acceptance speech after winning the TED Prize at the 2006 TED Conference. The global event begins this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. PDT with events in six cities including Los Angeles (Sony Pictures in Culver City) and numerous satellite gatherings. In addition to 24 short films, the four-hour event will include live music and speakers. Max Lugavere and Jason Silva, the founding hosts/producers of Current......
Continue Reading "Saturday is Pangea Day"February 1, 2008
I first interviewed the guys almost a year ago for another online publication and we decided to sit down again, have a chat and see what had happened with and to them as Current's go to guys. The boys are blowing up. Last year they won and Emmy, this year they landed a spot in the pages of Interview Magazine and an advertorial spread in L'Uomo Vogue. That's right people, Current TV does high......
Continue Reading "LAist Interview: Max and Jason of Current TV"December 31, 2007
So we heard that at 12:00 a.m. EST, 9:00 p.m. PST (or LA time for those of us who could give a crap about the rest of the West Coast) tonight, those sexy boys at Current TV, Max Lugavere and Jason Silva, will be hosting the exclusive (yes, exclusive) US broadcast of Radiohead playing In Rainbows. In its entirety. Sexy, exclusive, entirety. After the broadcast, M and J will be hosting a very special Best......
Continue Reading "Radiohead and NYE, Max and Jason and Current TV"August 31, 2007
Handsome bastards Max Lugavere and Jason Silva, together Max & Jason, are the face of the Al Gore-backed tv network Current TV. Current is currently the fastest growing tv network on cable and it could be due to edgy, fun, interesting topics told by cool people based in their Hollywood studios. Max & Jason interview who they want, where they want, for whatever reasons that they want. LAist caught up with them early this......
Continue Reading "Max and Jason do Good"August 5, 2006
Here at LAist we like to help out struggling directors who could use a few extra thousands of dollars, so when a tipster let us know about a contest being held by Current TV, our interests were piqued but we were pretty sure we were gonna say no. Keeping it real and all that. But then we saw that the topic was Tolerance, and what with all of Mel Gibson news happening, and what......
Continue Reading "LA Directors: Submit a film about Tolerance, win $100k"