“We’re doing this totally independent, we don’t even have a distributor!” exclaimed Independent Spirit Awards host Hasan Minhaj from the broadcast-less Santa Monica Beach tent this afte…
“The Independent Film Channel didn’t want the independent film awards!” Minhaj continued.did not renew their contract. Let me reiterate how bad this is. The independent film channel did not want the independent film awards. That’s like if Jordan Peterson cut ties with divorced men,” he dinged.” Semi-Pro
starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. That’s what’s playing right now. Look at th star power of this room – and IFC. Was like ‘Mmm, naw.'”for being a bomb in its day, particularly for a Ferrell film, and one with bad wigs . Minhaj also took aim at Deadline Hollywood, claiming we had “porn” bait headlines. Well, excuuuuseee us!. What’s worst than our headlines per the comedian? The comments in our stories!“There’s nothing I love more than dogshit clickbait journalism. I love how you guys make every headline sound like porn. Seriously how did we let Deadline become the most important website in our industry? It has the web layout of a craigslist ad and it governs our lives.
“We don’t do indie movies for the money or the exposure. We’re out here celebrating independent films. And by here I mean YouTube. That’s right, we are streaming live on YouTube.com. You know what’s crazy? When you all told your parents you wanted to move to LA to make it, this was their worst nightmare.
While it’s freezing cold and rainy in some parts of L.A., the bad weather didn’t drift over here to Santa Monica where it’s sunny, warm and 57 degrees Fahrenheit.
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