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This quote from my 1994 self truly encapsulates the essence of my drive. It's not just about the stage, it's about the message and the people. At Bradshaw Creative Studios, we live by this creed every day. #ActingWithPurpose #VoiceForChange #StageAndBeyond #EBradshawLegacy #CreativeCommunication"

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This quote from my 1994 self truly encapsulates the essence of my drive. It's not just about the stage, it's about the message and the people. At Bradshaw Creative Studios, we live by this creed every day. #ActingWithPurpose #VoiceForChange #StageAndBeyond #EBradshawLegacy #CreativeCommunication"

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LIVE LONG AND PROSPER 🖖 FIRST CONTACT DAY I didn’t used to be a big Star Trek fan (more Star Wars and Stargate), but in recent years I have begun to get in to Discovery, Picard & Strange New Worlds, and by extension have begun to watch many of the previous series. Did you know, that in #StarTrek history, April 5th is considered to be “First Contact Day”? This is based on the fictional history that on April 5th 2063 Zefram Cochrane first took a flight at speeds in excess of “Warp 1” in his prototype craft the “Phoenix”, which by extension revealed to the Vulcans that Earth had reached the right technological level to be introduced to the interstellar community allowed them to initiate first contact. This was actually depicted in the film “Star Trek: First Contact” as part of a really interesting time travel story. Now, I am not one to hide that I am a massive geek and love all things Sci-Fi so I thought it only right that I celebrate today with my own Vulcan salute. 🖖 If you would like to catch up on the Star Trek franchise or even just watch “First Contact”, the entire series can be found on Paramount+. Maybe I should have gotten a Star Trek themed Cap for this post? I am sure that they probably make them! Live Long & Prosper everyone! 😁 #FirstContactDay #FirstContact #LiveLongAndProsper #Geek #GeekCulture #SciFi #ScienceFiction Paramount , Paramount Pictures Side Note for Fan: Discovery is back on Paramount+ for its 5th and Final season.

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As a young boy, I remember recording myself speaking english. Except it wasn't actually english. It "sounded" like english, so I thought. Let me explain. In Romania when I was seven, and later in France, I was fascinated with cartoons and movies. I would watch them constantly and then recorded myself speaking some of the parts. Except, I didn't know how to speak english so I recorded gibberish that I thought sounded right. If only I could find those tapes! So you can imagine that working at Warner Bros. Discovery is truly like a dream. So many of the movies and cartoons I ultimately learned english from were from this storied organization. It changed my life. So how did I get here? The short story is that I joined You.i TV in Ottawa after leaving my own app startup and part of the deal was that the company would move me and my family to Los Angeles. We made it happen and ultimately the startup was acquired by Warner Media ahead of the Warner/Discovery merger a year later. A few months after the merger, I was presented with a stellar opportunity to take on the role of a lifetime as Director, Product Management - Technical (PM-T) for the Video Player SDK at Warner Bros. Discovery. As soon as I met with the leaders of the org, I knew I had finally found my people and the perfect role. It is a deeply technical role that also leverages my love of people and building bridges and relationships across orgs and external partners. A few months in, I was also given the green light to split my time between the player team and the ad tech team to help build a strong partnership between the orgs and also help usher in new advanced ads, a passion of mine when I was at You.i. I've been so busy, I forgot to post a role update but the recent Barbie launch on Max was so beautifully done, I was reminded how fortunate I truly am to work here. It has been a wild year. We launched Max in May, followed up with TNT Sports in Europe (as part of Discovery+) then added live news and sports to Max (CNN and Bleacher Report Sports) while also prepping for LATAM and EMEA launches in 2024 which includes a lot of sports and streaming of the summer Paris Olympics! I've always loved hard problems! Maybe another young child who loves movies and cartoons will be inspired to pursue his or her dreams because of the work we do. Many thanks to Jason Flick for believing in me at You.i (mostly people don't hire entrepreneurs) and Mark Ramberg Alan Ramaley Sudheer Sirivara Robyn Peterson Avi Saxena and all my colleagues across the org for trusting me and my team with the important role of doing our part to deliver moving pictures on screens globally. Happy Holidays everyone!

For me, one of the best moments from the Oscars last night (also written about in The New York Times' Oscar coverage today) was the speech given by writer-director Cord Jefferson. As he accepted the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for “American Fiction,” Jefferson gave a "rousing plea for more investment in movies with modest budgets, saying: “There are so many people out there who want the opportunity that I was given....This is a risk-averse industry — I get it. But $200 million movies are also a risk, and it doesn’t always work out, but you take the risk anyway. And instead of making one $200 million movie, try making 20, $10 million movies....or 50 $4 million dollar movies...I feel so much joy being here and so much joy making this movie “I want other people to experience that joy. The next Martin Scorsese is out there. The next Greta [Gerwig] is out there. The next Christopher Nolan is out there. I promise you. They just want a shot. And we can give them one...this has changed my life." 🎇 Yes, to giving more creative people a chance to get their foot in the door! 🎇 Yes, to not having the default movie-making decision be another giant-budget fantasy sequel! 🎇 Yes, to helping more creative people see themselves in the industry! 🎇 Yes to creating more interesting, original, thought-provoking low/mid-budget films! Here's hoping that these things don't need to seen as risks to be avoided, and instead challenges to be accepted! To Eleven, LLC #oscars2024 #cordjefferson #americanfictionmovie #moviebudgets

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