Hunter Ingram Each morning as Toni Collette brushes her teeth, an owl stares back at her.The stoic bird of prey is not perched outside her window but rather ornately sitting on her countertop, contorted into the shape of a ceramic coffee mug that she places her toothbrush into before she starts her day.“It’s there looking at me daily — twice a day if I’m dentally honest,” Collette says. “Maybe I need a new receptacle.”Even if its days as her morning companion are numbered, the mug is a surreal artifact of her newly Emmy-nominated turn as Kathleen Peterson, a North Carolina woman found dead at the bottom of her stairs in 2001 — a case dramatized by HBO Max’s true crime limited series “The Staircase.” The shocking death occupied headlines for months as her husband, Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth), was tried and convicted of her murder — all of it later chronicled in a 2004 French documentary also called “The Staircase.” The making of that doc was part of the 2022 series.After years behind bars and later house arrest, Peterson was released in 2017 when he accepted an Alford plea, a paradoxical agreement in which he pleaded guilty but maintained his innocence.
Funny Or Die PR Head Carolyn Prousky Departs After 15 Years
21.07.2022 - 22:25 / variety.com
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeCarolyn Prousky is exiting Funny Or Die after 15 years with the company to pursue other opportunities. Prousky joined the company at launch as an outside consultant, but later joined in-house as vice president of publicity.In helping launch Funny Or Die with its founding team, she helped build the brand, establishing its longform slate with titles like “Billy on the Street,” and also helping it compete in the Emmy short form category with “Between Two Ferns” and “Gay of Thrones.” Under her grassroots FYC campaigns, Prousky managed to land 26 Emmy nominations and five wins for Funny Or Die.Prousky’s PR efforts also included Funny Or Die’s branded entertainment efforts, which garnered Cannes Lions and Cleo awards, as well as transitions including its new ownership under Henry Muñoz III.
She’ll continue to consult with Funny Or Die on special projects and collaborate with Sunshine Sachs as it also consults with Muñoz and the brand. “I’m sad to see my good friend and valued colleague Carolyn Prousky leaving Funny Or Die, but also incredibly excited for everything this next phase holds for her,” said Funny Or Die CEO Mike Farah.
“Over the last fifteen years, she’s been a critical part of our team, from helping to launch ‘The Landlord’ at the beginning to promoting our upcoming film ‘Weird.’ Whether it was viral videos, branded entertainment, television series or movies, she has seamlessly supported and guided Funny Or Die through all our chapters. I wish her all the best, and I’ll probably call her for help within a week of this announcement.”Prousky began her career at Guttman and Associates and then at Fox.
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