Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is taking on one of the bigger questions of our time: “Who gets to decide” what information constitutes “misinformation.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Established post-production venue Levels Audio has expanded to New York, with noted industry vets Sue Pelino and Kassie Caffiero leading its new facility.
The company has contributed audio and post elements to Peacock original series True Story with Ed and Randall and Netflix’s Cheer. Other credits include HBO Max’s Friends reunion special, NBC’s The Voice, Disney+ feature doc Wolfgang and Oscar-winning short Two Distant Strangers. Levels Audio was founded in LA in 1999 by multiple Grammy and Emmy winner Brian Riordan.
Pelino, a winner of multiple primetime Emmys, is joining as a senior re-recording mixer with Caffiero serving as VP of business development for the East Coast. The duo have collaborated for 35 years on projects like One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga on CBS, miniseries Nuclear Family for HBO and feature documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers.
On various music specials and documentaries, Pelino has worked with artists including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Elton John, U2, Mariah Carey and many others.
“I am so excited to join Brian and his amazingly talented team at Levels,” Pelino said. “There’s nothing better than collaborating with like-minded people who speak the language of sound. Brian has an all-star band and I’m thrilled to be starting the year at his brand new East Coast studio.”
Caffiero, who held executive posts at Sony Music Studios and Broadway Video, played a business development role on series and specials like Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and The Problem with Jon Stewart.
“I’ve always welcomed the challenge of getting a job in and watching it unfold through post finishing and I love the diversity of all the shows that
Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is taking on one of the bigger questions of our time: “Who gets to decide” what information constitutes “misinformation.”
Elton John has congratulated an Olympic figure skater whose gold-winning routine was backed by a medley of the legendary singer’s greatest hits.During the men’s singles figure skating competition in Beijing on Thursday (February 10), US skater Nathan Chen danced across the ice to the songs ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Bennie And The Jets’.After impressing judges with five jet-fueled quadruple jumps and a series of gyroscope-like spins, the 22-year-old, three-time world champion wound up taking home the gold that eluded him at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, validating his status as the world’s best male figure skater.“I never thought I would actually be able to make this happen,” Chen said of his win (via The New York Times). “It’s hard.
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Following the same path of other broadcast networks, the CW plans to resume its annual in-person upfront event in May.