Netflix Paid Anna Sorokin A Large Lump Sum To Adapt Her Story For Television In ‘Inventing Anna’ Series

David Byrne says he believes that Spotify is “making artists uncomfortable” around the scandal relating to COVID misinformation shared on Joe Rogan’s podcast.Earlier this year, Rogan and Spotify were heavily criticised for sharing misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine on the exclusive podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, which led to artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removing their music from the service.Byrne, who in 2013 publicly criticised the “pittance” artists are paid in terms of royalties from streaming services like Spotify, and claimed he had pulled as much of his catalogue as possible from the service, was asked his thoughts on the ongoing scandal in a new interview with the Guardian.“There’s been all these things about platforms having … let’s say questionable or controversial content [and] putting out misinformation or outright lies or … not exactly hate speech, but things that are making a lot of artists uncomfortable,” he said.“And it’s pretty tough to do anything to help ameliorate that unless you’re a Drake or Taylor Swift, or those kinds of artists. It’s pretty hard for the rest of us to have influence.”Byrne added: “A handful of mega, mega artists are doing really well, and many of the others – especially emerging artists – are having a tough time with it.

“Inventing Anna” may be based on true events, but it heightened the drama according to Jessica Pressler.

Only one degree separates fraudster Anna Sorokin from entertainment megastar Kanye West.

they were friends?“Fake heiress” Anna Sorokin has revealed she’s pals with Kanye West’s ex Julia Fox — and teased that they’re even working on a top-secret project together. The Russian-born fraudster made the surprise announcement during an interview with the New York Times on Monday as she remains behind bars awaiting deportation to Europe after serving two years in prison for fraud.

, celebrity trainer Kacy Duke is sharing how she really feels about the Netflix series. Portrayed by Laverne Cox, Duke was one of the many people sucked in and then conned by Anna Delvey, aka the “Fake German Heiress” convicted of scamming some of New York’s elite, high-end hotels and restaurants and banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Wow, what a ride it’s been,” Duke tells ET’s Lauren Zima after watching all nine episodes of the binge-worthy.

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, otherwise known as Anna Delvey, is working with Surviving R. Kelly producer Bunim/Murray Productions on a limited documentary series.

Inventing Anna sees Ozark star Garner playing fraudster Anna Delvey – whose real name is Anna Sorokin – in a new Netflix series about her life.The show tells the true story of how Sorokin scammed banks, businesses and acquaintances out of money under the fake guise of her being a wealthy German heiress.In 2019, she was convicted of crimes including grand larceny, and sentenced to four to 12 years in prison. She was initially released in 2021, but was then taken back into custody for violating the terms of her visa.Earlier this month Sorokin wrote an open letter about her feelings on the show, to which Garner has now responded.In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Garner said: “I respect whatever Anna does in terms of whether she wants to watch the show or doesn’t want to watch the show.“That’s her choice and that’s totally fine.

Inventing Anna, while —the Netflix series on which he played Bash—had just aired its third season and was scheduled to begin filming its fourth and final one later in the spring. Fast forward to the present day: After pandemic-related delays, Inventing Anna is finally available to stream on Netflix, but GLOW's fourth season frustratingly .On the brighter side, Lowell has since had a memorable turn in the Oscar-winning film (as Al Monroe) and is currently starring as Uber driver Jesse opposite Hilary Duff in .

record-breaking romantic drama series “Bridgerton” is back for a second season March 25 — and a tantalizing, new teaser dropped in time for Valentine’s Day.The quick teaser for the Shonda Rhimes-produced series shows flashes of passionate scenes involving the characters and promises scandalous liaisons between them. Lady Whistledown is voiced by none other than Julie Andrews, who narrates the trailer.

Bridgerton has sent fans wild after releasing a first look trailer at series two on Valentine's Day, which is set for release on 25 March. The second season of the hit Netflix show, executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, tells the story of Lord Anthony Bridgerton's (Jonathan Bailey) quest for love after his failed romance with singer Siena Rosso (Sabrina Bartlett).

Netflix series Inventing Anna.The series, which was released last Friday (February 11), chronicles the rise and fall of scammer Anna Delvey (aka Anna Sorokin) who is played by Ozark star Julia Garner.Williams who is a journalist played by Katie Lowes, makes an appearance in episode six of the series, as the show goes on to document a disastrous holiday that the real-life Williams went on with Sorokin in 2017.The journalist wrote in detail about her trip to Marrakesh in a 2018 article for Vanity Fair titled ‘My Bright-Lights Misadventure With A Magician Of Manhattan‘ and in a 2019 book titled My Friend Anna.She has since responded to her portrayal in the series in an article for Time Magazine in which she clarified that she “was not involved with the show”.Williams explained that she “expected there would be times when the dramatisation of my experience would make me uncomfortable” and added she “understood that stepping into the spotlight came with certain risks”.“I would only have so much control over how I was portrayed,” she wrote but added that “this Netflix description felt shocking”.She went on to quote one section of her character’s description which states that “the woman she becomes because of Anna” and said that these “seven little words in one fell swoop stripped me of my agency, accomplishments, and truth”.Williams added: “Were we meant to believe that the woman I had become was not on account of the parents who raised me, the love I shared with family and friends, my own efforts or personal growth, but because of Anna?” As reflected in Inventing Anna, the journalist was pressured into footing the bill for the lavish holiday when Sorokin said she was experiencing trouble with her bank.

Not even Netflix could have predicted just how popular Shonda Rhimes’ “Bridgerton” would become when it was released last year. Shortly after its debut, the period drama series shot up the popularity charts on the streaming service to become the most-watched show the platform had released.

Kate Aurthur editorNetflix has unveiled the trailer for Season 2 of “Bridgerton,” which became a phenomenon after its December 25, 2020 premiere. The trailer teases the much-anticipated romance between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and newcomer Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), which will be the centerpiece of the season — while also leaning hard into the show’s Lady Whistledown aspect, the anonymous gossip chronicler who in the finale was revealed to be Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan).The second season of “Bridgerton” will premiere on March 25.As broken-hearted “Bridgerton” fans know, Netflix announced last year that Season 1’s breakout star Regé-Jean Page, who played Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, was leaving the show.

Critics might have found fault with Shondra Rhimes‘ admittedly bloated Anna Delvey miniseries “Inventing Anna,” but after early screenings, it was obvious to any member of the media it was going to be a smash. That prediction has easily come to pass with the limited series landing at the top spot of the streaming service the entire weekend.

Anna Chlumsky is getting candid about her career.

Inventing Anna is , but perhaps none as heart-pounding and relatable as episode six, which takes place in Marrakech at the ultra luxurious . In the episode, Anna Delvey—who scammed nearly everyone in her path by pretending to be an heiress from Germany—takes “friends” Rachel, Kacy, and Noah to Morocco for a swanky getaway.

Netflix is releasing a brand-new drama for February about the life of a German heiress who stole the hearts of many of New York’s socialites.

Anna Delvey, who swindled New York’s elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars  – if only the show had faith in its own premise. Now streaming on Netflix, “Inventing Anna” is based on a viral 2018 New York Magazine article about Delvey (nee Sorokin), 31 — Russian-born and raised in Germany — who defrauded banks, hotels and acquaintances while posing as a trust-fund heiress in New York between 2013-2017. She was convicted for multiple accounts of grand larceny, indicted in 2017 and incarcerated from 2019-2021. Helmed by Shonda Rhimes and starring Julia Garner (“Ozark”) — a skilled actress who seems to have been given bad directing to hide behind a distracting marble-mouthed accent to play Delvey — “Inventing Anna” is a bloated affair, with episodes regularly clocking in at over an hour, which feels punishing.

With viewers around the world watching Netflix’s Inventing Anna, it’s worth taking a glance at what Anna Delvey’s net worth really looks like today—and how much she stole while pretending to be an heiress in New York City for years.

, Arian Moayed has joined another high-profile series,, creator Shonda Rhimes’ true-crime drama about Anna Delvey, the convicted fraudster popularly known as the Fake German Heiress. Moayed, the 41-year-old actor who was also recently seen in and, talks to ET about his scene-stealing performance as Delvey’s no-nonsense lawyer, Todd Spodek, and having to perform his big courtroom scenes in front of his real-life counterpart.Initially hired when Delvey, portrayed here by Julia Garner, was first arrested for not paying for an outstanding hotel bill, Spodek is eventually tasked with defending her against multiple larceny charges related to her attempt to secure a $20 million loan for her elite club, the Anna Delvey Foundation (ADF), as well as sticking one of her friends with a $60,000 bill after failing to pay for their lavish trip to Morocco. Unlike members of New York society, the city’s high-end hotels and restaurants, or even the bank executives who fall under the guise of this German heiress, her lawyer was not enchanted by any of that.

Inventing Anna, about socialite scammer Anna Delvey. In the episode, written by Shondaland vet , Delvey takes her “friends,” Kacy Duke (Cox), a celebrity fitness trainer and life coach, as well as magazine photo editor Rachel (Katie Lowes) and videographer Noah (Chris Lowell) to Morocco under the guise that she has to travel abroad for visa purposes. They decide to capture footage for her burgeoning social arts club back in New York along the way—but unbeknownst to everyone, Delvey can't pay for any of it. Kacy is the first to sense that something is amiss. “These are palatial digs, you know? This is incredible,” Cox says as we sit down on one of the many plush couches inside the architecturally stunning Moroccan abode.

By In Inventing Anna, aspiring filmmaker/New York City hotel concierge Neff Davis controls access to the hottest restaurants, clubs, and event spaces for a few hundred hotel guests at any given time. But it's who has control over Neff every time she slides a $100 bill across her desk.

Netflix show about her, she has a ridiculous tech entrepreneur boyfriend.On the series, which stars Julia Garner in the title role and is out Friday, Anna’s on-screen love interest is Chase Sikorski (Saamer Usmani, “Succession”). Chase is introduced to the audience in episode 2, when he’s giving a Ted Talk about the potential to “cloud source” your dreams.

Angelique Jackson When a story about a faux-heiress called “Anna Delvey” first appeared in New York Magazine in May 2018, actor Julia Garner was among the voracious readers who pored over journalist Jessica Pressler’s account of how Anna Sorokin, a twentysomething Russian-born German woman, had scammed her way into the top branches of New York business and society by pretending to have a $60 million fortune.“I had the same reaction that the whole world had,” Garner recalls, telling Variety she read the piece, titled “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It,” the week it published. “Then two months later, when I heard that it was going to be a series, I was not surprised about it at all.

By Julia Garner is in costume as the fashion-savvy, society wannabe and con artist Anna Delvey when I sit down with in Marrakech, Morocco. And we're not just anywhere in one of Africa's busiest and most popular cities—we're at La Mamounia, a world class resort that is an important setting for .

Inventing Anna when I realized how wild this show is. It happens when Vivian (Anna Chlumsky) goes to visit scammer Anna Delvey (Julia Garner) in jail to interview her for a story. The crimes of Anna Delvey are all Vivian can think about, and for good reason.

, there’s renewed attention surrounding Anna Delvey, aka the “Fake German Heiress” and convicted fraudster who scammed some of New York’s high society, hotels, restaurants and banks between 2015 and 2017. While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was found guilty of larceny in 2019 and was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison, one of her former friends is lashing out against the Netflix series for “running a con woman’s PR.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, who once was a part of Delvey’s inner circle and was later stuck with a $60,000 bill, writes in an essay for that the series is making Delvey “a star again.” Not only that, but it’s “repositioning the character of Anna Delvey from fraudster to front-row.” “Take it from someone who knows: This is the art of the con, a shell game that proffers irresistible thrills for low stakes, while a sleight of hand carries out the high-roller business unseen,” Williams writes.

Julia Garner is speaking out in response to the comments that the real Anna Delvey made about the new Netflix series Inventing Anna.

After earning two back-to-back Emmys for her scene-stealing supporting role on “Ozark”, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series, “Inventing Anna”. The series should earn more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who met with Delvey in order to learn how to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress as she conned hundreds of thousands of dollars out of some of New York’s high society and financial institutions.

Inventing Anna,” the Netflix series all about her criminal antics, when it premieres Friday.The “socialite” scammer — who posed as a German heiress called Anna Delvey to defraud banks, hotels and friends in New York City from 2013 to 2017 — is currently languishing in ICE custody in Orange County, NY.Still, the 31-year-old wanted to make sure she was portrayed appropriately by Emmy-winning actress Julia Garner.“Anna asked me, ‘Do I look like a bad bitch?'” her best friend, Neffatari Davis. told The Post.

After striking gold with period drama “Bridgerton” in a $100+ million deal with Netflix, Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland has debuted its latest bid for streaming success: “Inventing Anna.” Based on the too–good–to–be–true story, “Inventing Anna” draws inspiration from the work of journalist Jessica Pressler, whose article “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It” chronicled the exploits of Anna Delvey, a young Russian woman who successfully posed as a German heiress, conning New York’s elite out of thousands of dollars worth of clothes, shoes, vacations, and private jets.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen “Inventing Anna” taps into what made New York City scammer Anna Delvey (née Anna Sorokin) such a fascinating flashpoint, it’s easy to get sucked into its orbit. When it gives its actors enough meat to sink their teeth into, it can be as fun a distraction as Anna’s wilder nights were for the various sidekicks she picked up along her way to true notoriety.

true-crime TV, which is largely focused on con artists and grifters, no series is more captivating or satisfying to watch than, Shonda Rhimes’ scripted Netflix drama about convicted fraudster Anna Sorokin starring Julia Garner. Known more popularly as Anna Delvey, the German expat was found guilty of grand larceny for defrauding some of New York City’s social elites and financial institutions out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. After journalist Jessica Pressler first ignited a media frenzy around Delvey’s story with the 2018 magazine article, “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People,” she’s the subject of renewed attention thanks to the star-studded series, which features Katie Lowes, Laverne Cox and more as various people wrapped up in her story. “She was known as this New York grifter,” Lowes told ET, explaining that Delvey “told everyone she was a German heiress worth millions of dollars.” So, here’s what you need to know about Delvey, the “Fake German Heiress,” and the people she scammed. After first arriving from Germany in 2013, Delvey spent several years in New York City hoping to launch an exclusive SoHo House-type art club in various hot spots around the country, with the first being in the Big Apple.

, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series,. The series should garner more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who worked closely with Delvey to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress in order to con New York’s social elite and financial institutions out of millions. While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, sold the rights of her story to Netflix and even met with Garner when she was still in prison serving out her sentence, she recently wrote in an essay for revealing that “it doesn't look like [she’ll] be watching  anytime soon.” “Even if I were to pull some strings and make it happen, nothing about seeing a fictionalized version of myself in this criminal-insane-asylum setting sounds appealing to me,” Delvey, who is now in ICE custody after violating the terms of her visa, wrote. “I was hoping that by the time came out, I would've moved on with my life.