15 NY Emmy Nominations
Proud to announce that Star Crossed Pictures garnered 15 NY Emmy nominations this morning. Our shows Beginnings and Transformed: Year 2 are competing head to head in the “Sports Series” category.
Fantasy Baseball: More Than a Hobby
Stephen Palgon and Jed Latkin, creators of the documentary ‘Fantasyland’ on how Fantasy Baseball has grown and changed over the years. Source: Fox Business News
Your Twins…Or The Twins?
In his 2006 book, Fantasyland, author Sam Walker (then a sportswriter for The Wall Street Journal) chronicled his first foray into fantasy baseball, when he competed in the expert Tout Wars league and used his media access to get insight from G.M.’s, coaches and players. But in the documentary film based on the book (available for free at snagfilms.com), even Walker is flabbergasted at […]
‘Fantasyland’ Reinforces Archaic Stereotypes, Still Greatly Entertains
Have you ever heard about how you are a loser or need to “get a life” because you play in a fantasy baseball league? Do you hear people stigmatizing you because it’s “not real” while telling you to get a real hobby? If so, we can blame people like Jed Latkin. In “Fantasyland,” a documentary about fantasy baseball fanatics — […]
Stephen Palgon on “Fantasyland”: “I was instantly intrigued…”
Director Stephen Palgon’s “Fantasyland” is the story of a season on baseball’s lunatic fringe, a window on a world where marriages and jobs often run a distant second to fantasy baseball, and where competitors will make trades during childbirth, sex, and funerals. “Fantasyland” Director: Stephen Palgon Writer: Stephen Palgon Executive Producers: Jeanne Allgood, Doug Bernheim, Christopher C. Chen, Douglas Hansen, […]
‘Greatest’ Gives Garden A Winner
Madison Square Garden’s MSG network embarks tonight on a 10-part, 10-hour documentary series that is totally, undeniably self-congratulatory. It’s also totally, undeniably entertaining. “The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden,” premiering tonight at 9, is a countdown overview of the most memorable times under the Garden banner. The Knicks claim 13 slots and the Rangers 10, which leaves lots […]
