RT's 360 spacewalk snatches Shorty award for best use of virtual reality

The first-ever panoramic video filmed in outer space, produced by RT in collaboration with Russian cosmonauts, has won a prestigious prize for the best use of virtual reality at the annual Shorty Awards 2018. The most immersive way to experience a spacewalk, short of going on one yourself, is the RT video that captures a […]

RT NAMED 11-TIME FINALIST AT SHORTY AWARDS

MOSCOW, MARCH 20— RT has secured 11 finalist spots at the Shorty Awards, one of the most prestigious annual awards competitions for excellence in social media. Among the finalists are RT’s #1917LIVE Twitter project, a historic panoramic video series ‘Revolution 360’, and the first-ever panoramic video shot in open space ‘SPACEWALK 360’. RT’s international project […]

Chili Palmer Exists In Epix’s ‘Get Shorty’ TV Show [Interview]

Get Shorty was a hit movie in 1995, part of John Travolta’s post-Pulp Fiction comeback. He played Chili Palmer, a shylock who came to Hollywood to collect a debt from a producer (Gene Hackman) and fell in love with the movie business. The success of the movie inspired Elmore Leonard to write a sequel. Be […]

‘Get Shorty’ Trailer: Chris O’Dowd Goes to Hollywood

We already have one great Get Shorty adaptation. Barry Sonnenfeld‘s 1995 film is a hugely faithful adaptation, one that captures not only the spirit of the book but doesn’t make many departures from Elmore Leonard‘s novel. The Epix series, on the other hand, is taking the story of a criminal breaking into the movie business in a different direction. […]