Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

KEVIN FARLEY is a comedian, actor, and producer, who's incredible documentary "I AM CHRIS FARLEY" about the life of his brother, the legendary late Chris Farley, will premiere on Spike TV August 10 at 9pm ET/PT.  A Wisconsin native and graduate of Marquette University, Kevin followed the trail blazed by his brother into comedy in the 90s, appearing in films by SNL castmembers including Adam Sandler's "The Waterboy" and Norm McDonald's "Dirty Work".  He's appeared in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and Disney's "That's So Raven!", and in 2008 starred in the David Zucker spoof comedy film "An American Carol".  In 2013 he directed the parody film "Paranormal Movie", and continues to perform stand-up comedy around the country. www.IAmChrisFarley.com

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BERT FIELDS is an entertainment attorney, author, and professor, representing major entertainment clients for over 50 years. A graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, Mr. Fields is a partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, and has represented major studios including DreamWorks Animation, United Artists, The Weinstein Company. He's represented numerous star performers and producers including Dustin Hoffman, James Cameron, Tom Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer, Joel Silver, David Geffen, Madonna, Michael Jackson and The Beatles. He's also an accomplished author, publishing the novels "The Sunset Bomber" and "The Lawyer's Tale", the novel "Destiny" about Napoleon and Josephine, as well as a biography of Richard III, and an book analyzing the Shakespeare Authorship Question.  He teaches a course on entertainment law at Stanford Law Shcool and lectures at Harvard Law School.

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DAVID FRIENDLY is a film writer, producer, and entertainment executive. Begining as a journalist with Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times, David was hired by Imagine Entertainment, where he became VP of Motion Pictures under Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. There he produced "My Girl", "My Girl 2", and "For Love or Money". He founded Friendly Productions in 2000, and with 20th Centruy Fox, produced the hugely successful "Big Momma's House" and sequel, and "Laws of Attraction" starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore.  In 2006, his film "Little Miss Sunshine" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well at the BAFTA Award for Best Picture, and took home the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature.

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RANDY JACKSON is a musician, producer, and television personality, who starred on American Idol as a panel judge for twelve seasons.  Starting as a bass guitarist in bands around Baton Rouge as a teen, Jackson went on to record and tour with many of the best jazz, R&B, and pop musicians of the 20th century, including Journey, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, Madonna, and many many more. He became a line producer and eventually an A&R executive at Columbia Records and MCA Records, before being tapped to judge on the smash FOX series American Idol, the top-rated show in the U.S. for eight (8) years. Jackson also executive produced "America's Best Dance Crew" for MTV, has over 1,000 gold and platinum records bearing his name from his numerous collaborations, and most recently signed an overall production deal with Endemol Shine to develop scripted, unscripted, and digital programming.

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The late CHRIS THOMPSON was a film and television creator, writer, and producer. He began in enertainment as an improv actor, founding the still-running Los Angeles improv troupe "Off The Wall", and performed on stage with Robin Williams for nearly a year.  He began writing for television with "Blanky's Beauties", before becoming a writer and eventually executive producer for the hit series "Laverne and Shirley". He created and produced "Bosom Buddies" for Paramount Studios, launching Tom Hanks' career, then he wrote two feature films - "Back to the Beach" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" - as well as created the shows "Action" for FOX and "Ladies' Man" for CBS.  He most recently created the hit Disney Channel show "Shake It Up!", and was an executive producer and/or creative consultant for dozens of shows, and created over 20 network tv pilots.

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CAROLINE HIRSCH is an enterpreneur and philanthropist who founded the landmark CAROLINE'S ON BROADWAY, the upscale, must-stop comedy club for rising and established comedians, located on Braodway in the heart of Manhattan.  In 1982, she left a marketing job at Gimble's to open a small cabaret club in Chelsea, eventually developing a roster of incredible comedians and knack for noticing the next big thing. So popular were her lineups, her club required a move to the legendary 300-seat art deco space she operates today.  Hirsch also lauchned the New York Comedy Festival, now the largest and most successful comedy festival of its kind.  She regularly produces comedy shows that support philanthropic casues, and was named a Comedy Legend & Groundbreaker by Daily Variety for her contribution to the art form.

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MICKY DOLENZ is a musician, actor, writer, producer, and director of film and stage, best known as the drummer and lead singer of the iconic band The Monkees.  A Los Angeles native, Micky started acting as a child, starring in the NBC show Circus Boy at just eleven years old.  While attending college to study architecture, he landed a starring role in the NBC hit show "The Monkees" about a four-piece guitar band, which spawned a real-life following for the group, sparking a string of hits eventually selling 65 million records worldwide.  Micky wrote songs and toured with former fellow Monkees actors and writers, before begining to act, write, and direct for the stage and television in the U.S. and England.  He continues to perform as an actor and voiceover artist, as well as write and perform music.

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JEFF CESARIO is an Emmy-winning actor, comedian, and writer. Born in Kenosha WI, he began as a musician in college and moved to Minneapolis to join the stand-up comedy scene. After crafting a successful stand up career in which he appeared multiple times on the Tonight Show and produced four stand-up specials, he also wrote for television, including "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Dennis Miller Live", for which he won two Emmys as a writer and Executive Producer. He was the head writer for The Queen Latifah Show, Executive Produced Russell Brand's "Brand X" for FX, and co-wrote the Warner Bros. feature film "Jack Frost".

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DAVID ZUCKER is a writer, producer, and director who has created some of the most iconic and popular comedy movies ever made, including "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series, and is considered a pioneer in the spoof and mockumentary comedy genres. Beginning in college with his brother Jerry and friend Jim Abrahams, Zucker successfully produced and showed comedy shorts in the back of a college book store, before opening the "Kentucky Fried Theater" group in Los Angeles. The trio self-financed a 10-minute short to attract investors to their first film, the smash hit "Kentucky Fried Movie". David Zucker went on to co-write and/or direct or co-direct several successful comedy movies including "Airplane!", the "Naked Gun" series, "BASEketball" (based on a real game invented in Zucker's driveway) starring Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "Scary Movie 3", and "Scary Movie 4". "Airplane!" was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA award, and was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2010.

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AMY INTROCASO-DAVIS is an entertainment executive and current exeutive vice president of programming and development at GSN. She's had successful tenures as an executive with multiple networks, including Senior Vice President of Development Production at Bravo where she won four (4) Emmy Awards - one for developing and executive producing "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", two for "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List", and one for "Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within". She began as an intern and advanced to casting director at A Playwright's Horizons in New York, and went on to a prime time development and casting role at Fox. She served as Visce President for Series Development at Lifetime, and senior Vice President of Development Production at Bravo, where she was responsible for developing the Real Housewives franchise. She spent 3 years senior Vice President of original programming and devel with NBC Universal's Oxygen Media before joining GSN in 2011.

 

 

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