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Hyundai didn’t go to the Super Bowl this year, but it’s still taking a trip to Disneyland.

The large automaker has struck a broad advertising pact with The Walt Disney Company that will have characters from ABC’s “Black-ish,” announcers from ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and even characters from Marvel tout the benefits of the new Tucson compact SUV in on-screen appearances set to roll...

This revealing column gives EDIT readers a personal look into some of Nashville’s most interesting inhabitants with snappy questions and some equally snappy answers. Our typical profiles dive deep into the lives of those featured, but the EDIT Files aims to shed light on the little glimmers of everyday life.

Meet Brooke and Brice

This husband and wife power couple have...

By Beatrice Loayza Nov. 9, 2023, 7:00 a.m. The New Yourk Times

The word “Manodrome,” the title of a new film starring Jesse Eisenberg, is a riff on the “manosphere” — a catchall term for misogynist online communities including so-called incels and men’s rights activists. If your first instinct, like mine, is to snicker, know that this self-important drama is devoid of humor.

Directed...

Riverside Entertainment is expanding into scripted content with the coming-of-age LGBTQ+ drama Remy & Arletta, written by and starring Micaela Wittman (Clairevoyant), and the nihilistic thriller Manodrome, starring Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist).

The Los Angeles and Nashville-based production company, known for its unscripted success...

Naliyah Rueckert went through a hard time after her parents split up. But at age 13 she found an outlet for her anger in an unlikely place: on a field, playing tackle football.

An all-girls full-contact tackle football league had recently started near her hometown of Midvale, Utah, and Naliyah’s mother, Renica Rueckert, thought the sport would be good for her.

“I was naturally an aggressive and...

If you are lucky, you will get to see both, as was the case with Garth Brooks and the writer of The Dance, Tony Arata. Loschiavo’s helpful subtitles inform the viewer that nearly everyone who speaks about going to the Bluebird onscreen is either a Grammy-nominated or a Grammy-winning songwriter. The documentary recreates the feeling one songwriter, Pam Tillis, attributes to the club as making you feel...

As a man of two names and many hats — creative director, Born X Raised co-founder, film director, designer and more — Alex/2Tone has a keen understanding of duality. During a video call from his home in California, he discusses his recent work directing Vans‘ new “Always Pushing” brand anthem and the accompanying 60-second spot. He nods when it’s mentioned there’s a great deal of duality in skateboarding: respect and...

Award-winning production company and creative studio Riverside Entertainment was included when Inc. Magazine unveiled its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia,...

Exclusive: Rob Morgan (Smile) will produce and star in the crime film Dixie Crystal, based on the real-life FBI Operation of the same name, from brother filmmakers Conor and Jake Allyn (No Man’s Land).

The film from Riverside Entertainment and Stride Management centers on FBI special agent Jim Anderson (Morgan), who faces the overwhelming job of ridding methamphetamine from Harlan, Kentucky...

By Chris Willman

Not many bands have the benefit of having their origin story recorded on film for posterity by a documentarian. Cases are fewer still where said documentarian puts down the camera (or at least sets it on a tripod) midway through the process so he can actually join the band. This was all the case, though, when the country group Midland came together in 2014. That footage has...

As Tennessee begins to slowly restart its economy following a monthlong shutdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s film and TV production companies are weighing the risks of rolling cameras too soon. Riverside Entertainment, a Nashville and L.A. company that creates video content for clients including ABC, Disney, Spotify (and Rolling Stone), along with music videos and big-screen documentaries like 2019’s Bluebird, are figuring out what a film...

The couple's diaper subscription company gets its first-ever brand campaign

_By Sara Century _ Parenting is anything but easy, yet advertising for child-related products and services has traditionally leaned into love and serenity. With millennial parents preferring realism in depictions of child rearing, advertisers are taking note and getting creative.

Keeping...