Productivity Media Suspends CEO Amid Financial Investigation

Film production and financing company Productivity Media Inc. has suspended its CEO amid an investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement, the company says. The Hollywood ReporterIt recently informed investors that its executive team had hired auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit its books and review loans. “We can confirm that a confidential investigation is ongoing and that … Read more

Eric Idle on Monty Python's Financial Troubles and Tensions with John Cleese

Eric Idle tackles Monty Python's financial problems and his “bad” relationship with fellow comedy troupe member John Cleese. In a new interview in The New YorkerThe 81-year-old told how he has been anything but, shall we say, idle throughout his eighties due to a lack of liquidity. Idle wrote in February: “I never thought that … Read more