Israel's Channel 2 to Air Lengthy Interview with Arnon Milchan, Possibly about Subjects Raised in 'Confidential'

Israel's Channel 2 Ilana Dayan is not a pushover. She Interviewed Arnon Milchan for the Investigative show 'Uvda'. It has the potential to be a blockbuster of an interview if she did not hold back, and no back-room deals were cut.  

A bird has just whispered in our ear, informing us that a lengthy interview with Hollywood Producer Arnon Milchan has been given to Israel's premier investigative journalism show 'Uvda', a few days ago. The show will air in prime time, 9:00 PM, in approximately two weeks. Channel 2 is Israel's most watched station, and Uvda is it's most important investigative show. The interviewer, Ilana Dayan is one of Israel's most respected investigative journalists. Channel 2 will begin promoting the show, which will also be its season premier, in the coming days.

Clearly, a number of crucial elements exposed in the book 'Confidential' will be discussed, and this may represent the first time that Arnon Milchan has agreed to discuss such matters publicly. We do not know exactly what was said in the interview, but we do know that the book 'Confidential' served as the significant resource for the interviewer. Ilana Dayan is not known to throw soft-balls, or to be used as a PR tool, so there is a good chance that the interview will be authentic and impactful. Stay tuned.

Arnon Milchan To Recieve the Italian Ischia Legends Award

ROME – Arnon Milchan, who produced a long series of Hollywood successes including Fight Club, L.A. Confidential, and the epic Once Upon a Time in America, will receive the career achievement prize at the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest, organizers announced.

In a statement, Milchan said the Ischia Legends Award was a “dream come true” for him, while Pascal Vicedomini, the festival’s founder, called the 68-year-old “one of the industry’s most prolific and successful producers.”

Arnon Milchan's Daughter Alexandra Sues New Martin Scorsese Film

Arnon Milchan and renowned director Martin Scorsese have a long history of friendship going back all the way to the early 1980's and the production of The King of Comedy. Now Arnon Milchan's daughter, Alexandra, is suing Scorsese's new film The Wolf of Wall Street. No word on how this development is affecting the two legendary filmmakers relationship.

Arnon Milchan observes his friend Martin Scorsese directing Jerry Lewis on the set of The King of Comedy, 1982.

Producer Arnon Milchan to Receive Best Producer Honor at Locarno

Congratulations to Producer Arnon Milchan for receiving the well deserved 'Best Producer' title at the Lacarno Film festival this summer... where his masterpieces King of Comedy, Once Upon a Time in America, and Brazil will all be shown. Lacarno's bio of Mr. Milchen, found here, is mildly amusing in what it left out. None the less, a well deserved award.


Update: Arnon Milchen attends the opening of Madonna's world tour concert in Tel Aviv.
Update: Israel's 'The Marker Magazine', mentions the book Confidential as part of its biography of Arnon Milchen. 
Update: New Regency taps Syfy exec to oversee TV productions. 

Entertainment Weekly Runs Excerpts of 'Confidential'

"A new biography by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman, is chock-full of hush-hush anecdotes — more from the Tinseltown gig than the foreign government one, but both can be equally top secret... Arnon Milchan has two high-level lives: One as the producer of big-name movies like Love and Other Drugs and Knight and Day, and the other as an intelligence agent for the Israeli government." Entertainment Weekly has the story.