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60-456: The four-day Festival features 60+ domestic and international film premieres and screenings educational panels and workshops, The inaugural Festival took place from June 4–7, 2015, and multiple events were hosted prior to that date, beginning with a March 2, 2014 launch party covering the 86th Academy Awards . In addition to the annual Festival, GIFF hosts year-round screenings of socially conscious films. The Greenwich International Film Festival

120-659: A Dream , Coaching Colburn , Santa Cruz del Islote , Shipwreck , The Summer of Sangailé , and Grounded . Board of Directors Executive Board 86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . The ceremony

180-460: A Slave won three awards, including Best Picture . Other winners included Gravity with seven awards, Dallas Buyers Club with three, Frozen and The Great Gatsby with two, and Blue Jasmine , The Great Beauty , Helium , Her , The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life , Mr Hublot , and 20 Feet from Stardom with one. The telecast garnered nearly 44 million viewers in

240-432: A Slave , and The Wolf of Wall Street ) also received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Cate Blanchett became the sixth actress to have won both female acting awards in her career. Lupita Nyong'o was the sixteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance and the ninth Best Supporting Actress recipient to achieve this feat. Best Original Song co-winner Robert Lopez became

300-520: A film after the series ended. In September 2011, Adrian Grenier confirmed that there would be a film, and a script just needed to be written first. The series' executive producer Mark Wahlberg also confirmed that a film is in the works and said, "I will do everything to get this film made". The film was officially green-lit in 2013, with Ellin directing and Warner Bros. distributing. However, by September 2013, amid reports that there had been significant delays in production and contract issues with

360-413: A leading role in his first studio production. Vince says he will only star in it if he directs. Eight months later, Hyde , the directorial debut by Vince, is in the middle of post-production and is over budget by $ 15 million. Needing more money, Vince asks Ari if they can get an additional $ 10 million to complete the movie. Reluctant, but wanting to please him, Ari flies to Texas to meet the co-financiers of

420-448: A mid-credits scene, Ari's former assistant Lloyd has his wedding and Ari gives him away. When the group gets together for a picture, Billy Walsh suggests that they should make a film (or TV show ) about the lives of Vince and the gang. The following portray fictionalized versions of themselves: In August 2010, when it was confirmed that the eighth season of Entourage would be the last, creator Doug Ellin expressed interest in writing

480-414: A new lead and director. In addition, studio CEO John Ellis removes Ari from the production. The boys soon realize the reason Travis is angry over the movie is that he discovered that Vince is secretly dating Emily Ratajkowski , whom Travis is infatuated with. Learning of this, Ari interrupts Ellis in a boardroom meeting with Larsen and Travis with this information. Surprised, Larsen says he will stay behind

540-470: A one-minute trailer promoting the event featuring DeGeneres and 250 dancers dancing and lip-synching to the song "The Walker" by rock band Fitz and the Tantrums . During the ceremony, actor Channing Tatum introduced a group called "Team Oscar". The team consisted of six young film students from colleges across the country selected by AMPAS whose role was to deliver Oscar statuettes to the presenters during

600-523: A portion of proceeds to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, helping to support the OneminutesJr campaign, which equips young filmmakers with the resources to create one-minute short films, and showcases their work. Over 7,500 celebrities, filmmakers, journalists, financial executives, and movie lovers attended the Festival which featured 31 domestic and international films, educational panels that were free to

660-598: A post-film panel featuring three of the men that inspired roles in the film. In early January, GIFF presented the CT premiere of the Showtime series Billions . The screening of the pilot episode featured a post-screening panel moderated by David Edelstein of New York Magazine , and featured GIFF Board Member and co-creator David Levien , co-creator Brian Koppelman , director of the pilot episode Neil Burger , and actors David Costabile and Terry Kinney . The 2016 Festival

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720-615: A result, Travolta became the subject of mockery and ridicule in the media. According to a source for E! , Menzel revealed that she was not upset about the mishap. Afterwards, Menzel reportedly printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem, noting her past work in Nert ( Rent ), Wicked-ly ( Wicked ) and Farfignugen ( Frozen ). Three days after the ceremony, Travolta publicly apologized to Menzel for mispronouncing her name. The following year , Menzel and Travolta appeared onstage together as award presenters, with

780-596: A sleek show was the Oscarcast. Few bombshells, fewer embarrassments, from fade-in to fade-out." Entertainment editor Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast raved, "DeGeneres followed in the footsteps of the most successful awards show hosts— Billy Crystal , the duo of Fey & Poehler , etc.—who have taken advantage of the audience, engaging in gleeful interactions with the plethora of A-listers there (when they're not mocking them)." The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 43.74 million people over its length, which

840-772: A week prior to the ceremony, was briefly mentioned before the commercial break. Entourage (film) Entourage is a 2015 American comedy film written, directed, and produced by Doug Ellin . It serves as a continuation of the HBO television series of the same name . The film stars the principal cast of the show, Kevin Connolly , Adrian Grenier , Kevin Dillon , Jerry Ferrara , Gary Busey and Jeremy Piven . The plot follows actor Vincent Chase (Grenier), who goes over budget on his directorial debut and must ask newly appointed studio head Ari Gold (Piven) for more money. Like in

900-532: A wordmark with a stylized letter "A" resembling a spotlight shining on an Oscar statuette (a similar effect is used in the Academy's new logo, but instead using a filled triangle). At the time of the nominations announcement on January 16, 2014, the combined gross of the nine Best Picture nominees at the American and Canadian box offices was $ 645 million, with an average of $ 72 million per film. When

960-462: Is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre and in homes around the globe will be as excited by this news as we are." DeGeneres expressed that she was thrilled to be selected to emcee the gala again, commenting, "I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say – the third time's the charm." As with last year's theme of music and

1020-404: The 70th Golden Globe Awards more than a month earlier with fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus Amy Poehler , told Huffington Post columnist Mike Ryan that she would reject any offer to host an Oscar telecast commenting, "I just feel like that gig is so hard. Especially for, like, a woman – the amount of months that would be spent trying on dresses alone – no way." Shortly after

1080-452: The 72nd ceremony held in 2000. In July 2014, the ceremony presentation received eight nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmys . The following month, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Program (Derek McLane, Joe Celli, and Gloria Lamb). The annual In Memoriam tribute was presented by actress Glenn Close . The montage featured an excerpt of

1140-1298: The Festival's first beneficiary organization was made to support efforts to "build a model that made the most of those connections to benefit both individual filmmakers and a charity everyone believed in." The Greenwich International Film Festival offers a number of awards and cash prizes, including an award for the Best Social Impact Film, which is a focus of the Festival. Awards include $ 10,000 cash prizes for Best Social Impact Film, Best Narrative Feature, and Best Documentary Feature, and $ 2,500 cash prized for Best Narrative Short and Best Documentary Short. GIFF primarily showcases narrative and documentary features and short films. Recent premieres and award-winning films shown at GIFF include: Entourage , All Things Must Pass , Jane Wants A Boyfriend (World Premiere), I Smile Back , The Keeping Room , The Overnight , Time Out of Mind , Mania Days , 7 Minutes , 40-Love , Night Owls , Uncle John , Victoria , WildLike , Zurich , 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets , Landfill Harmonic , The Russian Woodpecker , Tiger Tiger , Vaclav Havel : Living in Freedom (U.S. Premiere), Dirty Laundry Day , I’ve Just Had

1200-636: The Festival, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot led a discussion on activism moderated by anti-corruption author Zephyr Teachout . In 2016, Reena Ninan was a media panelist for a discussion of women in power in the media at the Greenwich International Film Festival. Events leading up to the second annual festival including screening of the films Spotlight , The Big Short , and The Revenant . The advance screening of The Big Short , co-sponsored by GIFF Board Member Mark Teixeira , included

1260-481: The Oscars' inevitable dull patches felt less painful than usual." He also praised the cast and several musical numbers from the show. Frazier Moore of the Associated Press lauded DeGeneres's performance writing that, "She seemed to be committed to an unspoken theme for the evening: Humanize Hollywood's glitterati for the viewers. In return, the stars were on their best behavior." He concluded, "All in all,

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1320-608: The United States, making it the most-watched Oscar ceremony since the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000. The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced on January 16, 2014, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC ), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California , by Cheryl Boone Isaacs , president of the academy, and actor Chris Hemsworth . American Hustle and Gravity tied for

1380-491: The cinematic landscape." To coincide with the theme, AMPAS presented an exhibition in the lobby of its Beverly Hills headquarters titled "The Oscars Celebrate Movie Heroes". The exhibit featured posters, photographs, and artifacts from 70 different films featuring literary, comic book, and real life heroes. Furthermore, actor Andrew Garfield , who portrayed the titular character in The Amazing Spider-Man ,

1440-552: The election of AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in August 2013, Meron and Zadan announced that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres would host the 2014 ceremony. They explained their decision to bring back DeGeneres as host saying, "As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars. There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She

1500-422: The film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Brian Tallerico, writing for RogerEbert.com , awarded the film one and a half out of four stars, saying "Instead of challenging his characters or giving them something new to do, Ellin just high fives them on the way to the winner's circle." Mark Kermode , writing for The Guardian , gave the film one out of five stars, and wrote that " The Human Centipede

1560-515: The film grossed $ 2 million from its early Tuesday night showings and $ 5.4 million on its opening day (Wednesday), including Tuesday previews, from 3,058 theaters. The film earned $ 2 million and $ 3.7 million on Thursday and Friday, respectively. For its opening weekend (Friday–Sunday), it grossed $ 10.4 million (a five-day total of $ 17.8 million), finishing at fourth place at the box office behind Spy ($ 29.1 million), San Andreas ($ 25.8 million), and Insidious: Chapter 3 ($ 22.7 million). Given

1620-517: The film holds an approval rating of 33% based on 214 reviews, with an average rating of 4.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads, " Entourage retains many elements of the HBO series, but feels less like a film than a particularly shallow, cameo-studded extended episode of the show." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". In CinemaScore polls, audiences gave

1680-442: The film's $ 39 million production budget, as well as an additional $ 40.7 million spent on advertisement, Warner Bros. and HBO Films were hoping for an opening of at least $ 20 million, and the film was considered a financial disappointment. The film dropped 59% in its sophomore weekend to $ 4.2 million, finishing 5th. In Australia, the film opened at number one, earning $ 2.6 million. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes ,

1740-660: The film's cast, Ellin stated the film was "less and less likely every day." Nevertheless, by October 2013, the cast had reached a deal, allowing the film to move forward. Principal photography officially began on February 19, 2014, in Los Angeles , with additional filming in Miami . While filming in California, the production spent $ 39 million and received the California Film & Television Tax Credit. Filming

1800-584: The first black director to direct a Best Picture winner and the third such person to receive a nomination for directing. Alfonso Cuarón became the first person of Mexican descent to win Best Director . With Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto 's respective wins in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, Dallas Buyers Club was the fifth film to win both male acting awards. Additionally, 3 other films ( American Hustle , 12 Years

1860-540: The former introducing the latter as "Glom Gazingo". In a Vanity Fair retrospective of Frozen in 2023, Menzel said of Travolta's gaffe: "Ultimately, it was one of the best things that’s happened in my career." The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette television critic Rob Owen wrote, "Ms. DeGeneres brought predictable respectability to Sunday's 86th Academy Awards. Too bad this particular brand of predictable respectability

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1920-517: The gala. Television personality and former Miss USA titleholder Rachel Smith hosted "Inside the Oscars", a behind-the-scenes video blog on the Oscar ceremony website. In December 2013, AMPAS unveiled a new brand identity for the organization and the Academy Awards by local firm 180LA; the Academy Awards' new logo formalizes the prior year's rebranding of the ceremony as The Oscars , using

1980-490: The hospital and announces that he resigned, and in lieu of his severance, he has negotiated part of the backend grosses. Hyde becomes a box office hit, grossing over $ 450 million worldwide. At the Golden Globe Awards , Drama ends up winning the award for Best Supporting Actor. Stunned, Drama goes to accept the award and is silent for a moment before yelling his trademark Viking Quest phrase, "VICTORY!!!" In

2040-520: The introduction of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement montage, DeGeneres and several ceremony attendees such as Bradley Cooper , Jared Leto , Jennifer Lawrence , Julia Roberts , Kevin Spacey , Meryl Streep , Angelina Jolie , Brad Pitt , Channing Tatum , Lupita Nyong'o , and Peter Nyong'o (Lupita's brother) participated in a group selfie . The resulting tweet initially disabled

2100-630: The main title from Somewhere in Time by composer John Barry . At the conclusion of the tribute, singer Bette Midler performed her song " Wind Beneath My Wings " from the film Beaches . Before "In Memoriam" and while co-presenting Best Cinematography, Bill Murray paid an additional tribute to Harold Ramis . After co-presenter Amy Adams presented the nominees, Murray ad-libbed "Oh, we forgot one. Harold Ramis for Caddyshack , Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day ." Shortly after Midler finished singing, camera assistant Sarah Jones , who died more than

2160-493: The mixed reception received from the preceding year's ceremony , the academy rehired Neil Meron and Craig Zadan as producers for the second consecutive year. However, actor Seth MacFarlane announced that he would not host the Oscars for a second time. In a statement released through Twitter , he wrote "Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep." Furthermore, actress and comedian Tina Fey , who co-hosted

2220-510: The most nominations with ten each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. American Hustle became David O. Russell 's second consecutive film to earn nominations in all acting categories and the fifteenth film overall in Oscar history to achieve this distinction, but the first such film to not win any since 1936's My Man Godfrey . It also was the third film after Gangs of New York and True Grit to lose all ten of its nominations. Steve McQueen became

2280-478: The movie but Travis requests that Ari cut the scenes with Vince's brother, Johnny "Drama" Chase , out of the movie or he will not give the film the extra money. With Ari giving him no answer, Travis puts the post-production on hold. Vince and Eric "E" Murphy visit Travis to come up with a solution, but this results in Travis saying he did not like Vince's performance either and wants the entire movie to be redone with

2340-482: The movie but mandates the condition that Ari is no longer working for the studio because, although he agreed his son was being juvenile, Ari had disrespected his son. During this time, the boys are at the hospital as E's ex-fiancée Sloan goes into labor. Sloan gives birth to a girl, Ryan Murphy, resulting in Sloan and E deciding to get back together and vowing to make it work this time. As the boys celebrate, Ari arrives at

2400-408: The movie, Larsen McCredle and his son Travis, to convince them to invest more money into the film. Hesitant, Larsen sends Travis with Ari back to Los Angeles to see a cut of the film at Vince's private screening. Vince has second thoughts on the rough cut and cancels the screening out of fear no one will enjoy it. He later gives Ari and Travis a copy of the movie for their viewing. Ari and Travis enjoy

2460-422: The movies, Meron and Zadan centered the show around a theme. This year, they christened the show with a theme of saluting movie heroes commenting, "By celebrating the gamut of heroes who have enriched our movie-going experience, we hope to create an evening of fun and joy. And that includes the filmmakers and actors who take risks and stimulate us with provocative subjects and daring characters. They are all heroes in

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2520-661: The nominations were revealed, Gravity was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $ 256 million in domestic box office receipts. Captain Phillips was the second-highest-grossing film with $ 105.5 million; this was followed by American Hustle ($ 105.4 million), The Wolf of Wall Street ($ 80.7 million), 12 Years a Slave ($ 39 million), Philomena ($ 22.3 million), Dallas Buyers Club ($ 16.8 million), Her ($ 9.9 million), and finally Nebraska ($ 8.5 million). Of

2580-601: The public, a Children's Acting Workshop, Q&A's, parties, and evening events. Harry Belafonte and Mia Farrow were honored as the first-ever Changemakers in Film at the Changemaker Honoree Gala on June 6, 2015. The event was held at L’Escale restaurant in Greenwich. Kathie Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin presented the awards and served as Masters of Ceremony for the award ceremony. On the last night of

2640-491: The series, many celebrity sportspeople and actors appear as themselves, while several supporting cast members from the show reprise their roles. After it was confirmed the series would end in 2011 with season 8 , Ellin and the cast expressed their interest in doing a feature film. After script and production issues, the project was officially announced in 2013, and filming began around Los Angeles in February 2014. Entourage

2700-540: The show for the second time, having previously hosted the 79th ceremony held in 2007. In related events, the academy held its 5th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 16, 2013. On February 15, 2014, in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan . 12 Years

2760-545: The site and was eventually retweeted on Twitter over 3.4 million times. It surpassed the previous record retweet of Barack and Michelle Obama 's post- election hug photo, which had been retweeted 778,000 times, in just 35 minutes. The selfie was taken with a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 , provided by the company as part of a $ 20 million marketing campaign. While introducing the performance of " Let It Go " from Frozen , actor John Travolta accidentally mispronounced singer Idina Menzel 's name as "Adele Dazeem" . As

2820-668: The top 50 grossing movies of the year, 47 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only Frozen (1st), Despicable Me 2 (3rd), Gravity (7th), The Croods (14th), Captain Phillips (29th), American Hustle (30th), and The Wolf of Wall Street (42nd) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature or any of the directing, acting or screenwriting awards. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Iron Man 3 (2nd), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (8th), Star Trek Into Darkness (11th), The Great Gatsby (17th), Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (31st), The Lone Ranger (38th), and Saving Mr. Banks (48th). Prior to

2880-624: The youngest individual to win an Academy , Emmy , Grammy , and Tony Award and the twelfth person overall to earn these accolades. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface , and indicated with a double dagger (‡). The academy held its 5th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 16, 2013, during which the following awards were presented. The following 19 films received multiple nominations: The following five films received multiple awards: The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. Despite

2940-492: Was a 6% increase from the previous year's ceremony . An estimated 72 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards. The show also earned higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous telecast with 24.7% of households watching over a 38 share. In addition, the program scored a higher 18-49 demo rating with a 13.3 rating over a 33 share among viewers in that demographic. It is the second highest-rated Oscars telecast on 21st-century U.S. television, trailing only behind

3000-503: Was a bore." He also criticized the clip packages saluting movie heroes as "big a waste of time as Oscar montages almost always are." Columnist Alan Sepinwall of HitFix commented, "It was a long, disjointed ceremony, and what was fun and likely to endure came entirely from the winners and their speeches." He went on to say that many of DeGeneres's stunts fell flat and that The Wizard of Oz 75th anniversary tribute "felt much too random." Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said, "It

3060-472: Was a turgid affair, badly directed, poorly produced and featuring an endless string of either tired or wince-inducing moments by DeGeneres, who, by the last 30 or so minutes, seemed to have given up entirely." In addition, he noted that the show was overstuffed with montages and stunts that dragged down the pacing of the telecast. Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Television critic Matt Roush of TV Guide commented that DeGeneres "made

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3120-441: Was disrupted when Kevin Connolly broke his leg filming a football scene with Russell Wilson , which resulted in a number of script changes to accommodate it. In March 2014, it was reported that adult film actresses Lilly Banks, Maia Davis, Spencer Scott , and Anna Morna had shot scenes for the film. Several cast members shot a scene for the film on the red carpet at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2015. The film

3180-467: Was first envisioned by Wendy Stapleton Reyes, Carina Crain and Colleen deVeer, three friends and Greenwich locals involved in the area's non-profit industry. Planning for the festival began in early 2013, as according to Reyes, the founders "wanted about a two-and-a-half year cushion going in to the inaugural festival." The Festival's first official event was an Oscar-viewing launch party in March 2014, which

3240-803: Was followed by the June 2014 hometown premiere screening of Lucky Them in Stamford, Connecticut, hometown of the film's producer and co-writer Emily Wachtel . On October 22, 2014, GIFF hosted a screening of The Good Lie , in collaboration with and benefitting the U.S. Fund for UNICEF , a drama film on the subject of the Lost Boys of Sudan , orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War . The inaugural Greenwich International Film Festival took place June 4 to 7, 2015. The Festival's charitable and socially conscious mission led it to donate

3300-409: Was more sensitively attuned to issues of gender politics. And it had better jokes. Even producer/inspiration Marky Mark [Mark Wahlberg] looks embarrassed by his cameo." Ultimately, Kermode would rank Entourage as the worst film of 2015 and later, in 2018, the worst film of the decade to that point. IGN awarded Entourage a 7.5 out of 10, saying "When it sticks to what it has always been best at,

3360-408: Was previously set for a June 12, 2015 release, but on October 24, 2013, Warner Bros. moved it up a week to June 5, 2015. In April 2015, the release date was moved up two days to June 3, 2015. Entourage grossed $ 32.4 million in the United States and Canada and $ 16.9 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $ 49.3 million, against a production budget of $ 39 million. In North America,

3420-600: Was scheduled for June 9–12. In 2017, the festival was held for the third time. Jenna Bush Hager by then was a board member of GIFF. The Festival donates a portion of proceeds to nonprofit organizations, with a partnership announced in August 2014 with UNICEF and the One Minute Foundation on the Oneminutes Jr campaign, which equips young filmmakers with the resources to create one-minute short films, and showcases their work. The selection of UNICEF as

3480-419: Was scheduled to appear onstage with five-year-old cancer survivor Miles Scott with Garfield christening Scott as an "official superhero". The segment was scrapped, however, due to time constraints. Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion. Tony Award -winning art director Derek McLane designed a new set and stage design for the show. Filmmaker Paul Feig produced and directed

3540-428: Was scheduled well after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2014 Winter Olympics . During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton . Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted

3600-507: Was theatrically released in the United States on June 3, 2015. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $ 49 million worldwide, against a production cost of $ 39 million. Just nine days after the finale of the show , Vincent Chase has separated from his wife and throws a party on his yacht, with his friends E, Johnny and Turtle joining to cheer him up. Wishing to do something new with his career, he calls his former agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold , who offers Vince

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