Billy McFarland, the man behind the doomed Fyre Festival in 2017, was partially made a free man when he was released early from prison and transferred this week to a halfway house in Brooklyn, New York.
The 30-year-old still had another 14 months to serve on his six-year sentence for wire fraud after he duped investors out of 26 million over the disastrous festival that ended up serving pathetic cheese sandwiches to ticket holders while they were effectively stranded in The Bahamas.
One such investor is John Nemeth, who works as a director...
The 30-year-old still had another 14 months to serve on his six-year sentence for wire fraud after he duped investors out of 26 million over the disastrous festival that ended up serving pathetic cheese sandwiches to ticket holders while they were effectively stranded in The Bahamas.
One such investor is John Nemeth, who works as a director...
- 5/22/2022
- by Cheyenne Roundtree
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Veteran broadcasting executive Andy King has joined Buchwald to head the agency’s podcast division. In his new role, he will lead the development of client podcast concepts and guide talent through the process of podcast creation, from ideation to distribution. His hiring will also bolster Buchwald Sports, which represents athletes, sports broadcasters and coaches, at the same time strengthening the agency’s sports marketing initiative.
King joins Buchwald from SiriusXM, where he served as Director of Sports Programming, managing numerous brand partner channels. His expertise in leading high-profile talent and brands eventually led to the launch of the company’s sports podcast division, which included shows such as Let’s Go! With Tom Brady; Black Diamonds, which won Best Sports Podcast at the 2021 AdWeek Podcast of the Year Awards; Digging Up The Past, which won Best Radio Podcast at the 2021 Cynopsis Sports Media Awards; Forward Progress with Jason...
King joins Buchwald from SiriusXM, where he served as Director of Sports Programming, managing numerous brand partner channels. His expertise in leading high-profile talent and brands eventually led to the launch of the company’s sports podcast division, which included shows such as Let’s Go! With Tom Brady; Black Diamonds, which won Best Sports Podcast at the 2021 AdWeek Podcast of the Year Awards; Digging Up The Past, which won Best Radio Podcast at the 2021 Cynopsis Sports Media Awards; Forward Progress with Jason...
- 5/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Last weekend, much of the world became obsessed with Netflix’s new series “Tiger King,” about the sinister but colorful world of big cat breeding. Real-life characters like Joe Exotic and Doc Antle fall into the “you can’t make this stuff” up category of personalities that would be unbelievable if they didn’t actually exist.
With people around the U.S. and much of the world staying home in self-quarantine, “Tiger King” provided the perfect distraction of engrossing storytelling and unforgettable subjects.
Part of the fun of watching these larger-than-life figures is imagining who could play them in the inevitable narrative adaptation.
In the past few years, Netflix has pioneered the concept of the entertaining docu-series with “Making a Murderer” and “Wild Wild Country.” But don’t forget to look beyond Netflix — HBO has a decades-long track record of making top quality documentaries, and more can be found on Hulu and CNN.
With people around the U.S. and much of the world staying home in self-quarantine, “Tiger King” provided the perfect distraction of engrossing storytelling and unforgettable subjects.
Part of the fun of watching these larger-than-life figures is imagining who could play them in the inevitable narrative adaptation.
In the past few years, Netflix has pioneered the concept of the entertaining docu-series with “Making a Murderer” and “Wild Wild Country.” But don’t forget to look beyond Netflix — HBO has a decades-long track record of making top quality documentaries, and more can be found on Hulu and CNN.
- 3/25/2020
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The gift that keeps on giving. Up from the ashes of the Fyre Festival rose a hero. He may not have been the hero we wanted, and he definitely wasn't the hero we needed, but nonetheless, he was the hero who gave us one of the most viral moments of 2019. That heroes name was Andy King, and he's here to save the day once more. When Netflix dropped the documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, the world wasn't ready for the story of Andy and what exactly he was willing to do in order to bring water to the thirsty attendees of the Fyre festival. For those unfamiliar with the situation, at one point, truckloads of Evian water got held up at customs in the Bahamas. Billy McFarland...
- 1/17/2020
- E! Online
As 2019 year comes to a close, let us harken back and remember some of the greatest gifts we’ve been given this year: memes. There was Alexei and his beloved Slurpee from Season 3 of “Stranger Things” (may he rest in peace), the “When the ‘Succession’ Theme Song Hits” meme of Kermit the Frog dancing, Marie Kondo instructing us to trash absolutely anything that “doesn’t spark joy” and so many more. Let’s take a pause to remember the TV memes that got us through the year 2019.
When the “Succession” Theme Song Hits
This may be the most meme-able theme song of the year. It has been paired everything from a gif of Kermit the Frog dancing to a video of a doggie-dj getting the aux chord at a party — it’s even been Nintendo-fied. The long and the short of it is — this theme song just absolutely slaps.
When the “Succession” Theme Song Hits
This may be the most meme-able theme song of the year. It has been paired everything from a gif of Kermit the Frog dancing to a video of a doggie-dj getting the aux chord at a party — it’s even been Nintendo-fied. The long and the short of it is — this theme song just absolutely slaps.
- 12/12/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Oh, did you think you were done hearing about Andy King's viral account of a near-brush with oral sex at Fyre Festival? Think again.
Andy Cohen had the event planner on his Radio Andy talk show for Sirius Xm, where he got King to go into a bit more detail about his experience at the doomed music festival. In addition to revealing that scam artist and Fyre con-man Billy McFarland has attempted to reach out to him since being put behind bars, King shaded in a few more details about the fated day when McFarland infamously asked his so-called "wonderful gay leader" to "take one for the team" and perform oral sex on a Bahamian customs official in order to get a truck full of Evian water released in time for the festival.
King began by describing the customs official as "tall and large," which is honestly not something I necessarily wanted to picture,...
Andy Cohen had the event planner on his Radio Andy talk show for Sirius Xm, where he got King to go into a bit more detail about his experience at the doomed music festival. In addition to revealing that scam artist and Fyre con-man Billy McFarland has attempted to reach out to him since being put behind bars, King shaded in a few more details about the fated day when McFarland infamously asked his so-called "wonderful gay leader" to "take one for the team" and perform oral sex on a Bahamian customs official in order to get a truck full of Evian water released in time for the festival.
King began by describing the customs official as "tall and large," which is honestly not something I necessarily wanted to picture,...
- 3/4/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Did anyone expect Andy King to be the true star of Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened instead of, say, Billy McFarland or Ja Rule? Although Netflix's documentary centers around McFarland's massive scam that got him indicted and sentenced to six years in prison and three years probation, there's one certain story that people can't stop talking about. In Fyre, King explains that he flew to the Bahamas to save the failing festival. At one point, truckloads of Evian water got held up at customs in the Bahamas. McFarland asked King to "take one for the team" and use oral sex as a means of getting the water out of bureaucratic gridlock instead of...
- 2/28/2019
- E! Online
Sorry, but out of all the Parks and Recreation characters, Jerry Gergich is most likely to take one for the team. I mean, he went by the wrong name during the entire show, for crying out loud! While the NBC series ended in 2015, it appears actor Jim O'Heir has no problem settling back into his "Jerry" personality, especially when it helps out an old costar.
When Aubrey Plaza hosted the Spirit Awards on Feb. 23, O'Heir channeled the famous Andy King from Netflix's Fyre documentary for a hilarious parody video. Watch the video above to see how O'Heir secured the water bottles for Plaza. Spoiler alert: Things ended a little differently than they did for King.
When Aubrey Plaza hosted the Spirit Awards on Feb. 23, O'Heir channeled the famous Andy King from Netflix's Fyre documentary for a hilarious parody video. Watch the video above to see how O'Heir secured the water bottles for Plaza. Spoiler alert: Things ended a little differently than they did for King.
- 2/26/2019
- by Karenna Meredith
- Popsugar.com
Of the two recently released Fyre Festival documentaries, only one featured a scene where someone confessed that they’d be willing to perform fellatio in order to help the soon-to-be-doomed fest succeed. That would be Netflix’s Fyre, in which event producer Andy King admits that Fyre Festival “mastermind” Billy McFarland asked him to perform oral sex on some guy […]
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- 2/23/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Imagine being Andy King: for the rest of your life, people ask you if you're willing to take one for the team. As for the real Andy King from Netflix's Fyre documentary, he's ultimately Ok with that - but originally, he did ask producers to cut the scene that would change the way we talk about Evian water forever. Obviously, they did not oblige, but our guy is happy to have "risen to the top like the phoenix" since becoming known as the person willing to suck d*ck to save a sh*tshow of a music festival that was spiraling out of control.
In a new video interview with TMZ, King revealed how he really feels about that scene and what happened after he asked to cut it. "I went to [the producers] and I said, 'Listen, I just talked to my lawyers and some of my creative team and they said,...
In a new video interview with TMZ, King revealed how he really feels about that scene and what happened after he asked to cut it. "I went to [the producers] and I said, 'Listen, I just talked to my lawyers and some of my creative team and they said,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Erin Cullum
- Popsugar.com
Ja Rule's found a couple of Fyre Fest silver linings -- one involving event planner Andy King, who famously offered oral sex for crates of Evian, and the other has to do with Ja's business sense. The rapper was at Newark Airport when Adam Glyn asked him if he had any insight on the infamous scene in Netflix's "Fyre" documentary ... where Andy King admitted he nearly took one for the team as the festival was imploding.
- 2/20/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Andy King's blown away by his newfound fame -- courtesy of his infamous scene in Netflix's "Fyre" documentary -- but admits he almost missed out, because he wanted it on the editing room floor. The event planner who offered oral sex in exchange for a load of Evian water for the doomed Fyre Festival ... told us he begged producers to axe that part of the story. While he was on TMZ Live today...
- 2/19/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
When a movie receives terrible reviews, typically it doesn't get green-lighted for a sequel. That's why we were never tortured by Gigli 2, or a follow-up to The Book of Henry. But apparently Ja Rule either doesn't believe in this logical process, or is out of his damn mind (or both), because he recently teased a second installment of the worst "luxury" music festival that never was: Fyre Fest.
As a reminder, festival-goers - some of whom had paid thousands for their tickets - arrived at the festival site in the Bahamas and discovered a barren, unorganized, trash-covered space strewn with Fema tents that were leftover from the devastation of Hurricane Michael. The doomed event was so bad that it not only inspired two documentaries about the whole disaster but also destroyed the livelihoods of innocent bystanders and landed the festival's chief fraudster, Billy McFarland, in prison.
Ja Rule, who collaborated on Fyre Fest with McFarland,...
As a reminder, festival-goers - some of whom had paid thousands for their tickets - arrived at the festival site in the Bahamas and discovered a barren, unorganized, trash-covered space strewn with Fema tents that were leftover from the devastation of Hurricane Michael. The doomed event was so bad that it not only inspired two documentaries about the whole disaster but also destroyed the livelihoods of innocent bystanders and landed the festival's chief fraudster, Billy McFarland, in prison.
Ja Rule, who collaborated on Fyre Fest with McFarland,...
- 2/19/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
You gotta admire Ja Rule's gusto because, despite the massive fiasco that was Fyre Festival, he's not giving up on the dream of making it happen ... for real this time. We got the rapper Thursday at Lax and he says he still hasn't watched either of the popular documentaries on Fyre. As you know, it ended with Ja's Fyre biz partner, Billy McFarland, going to prison, and landing on the wrong end of a $2.8 million suit.
- 2/15/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ask anyone who's seen either of the Fyre Festival documentaries, followed along with the controversy, or was unlucky enough to actually survive the event themselves, and they will likely agree that the following is an accurate description of what the doomed festival initially marketed to their guests: A highly exclusive, luxury vacation put on by an eccentric entrepreneur. A stunning tropical island with beautiful, crystal clear water. Wild sights as far as the eye can see.
You know what that also describes? Jurassic Park.
Thanks to a Nerdist video that mashes up documentary footage with scenes from the 1993 film, we now have proof that the dinosaur theme park has quite a few similarities to Fyre. For instance, InGen's John Hammond promised the world that he'd succeeded in creating the ultimate theme park but hadn't done nearly enough legwork to ensure it would actually succeed. Sounds a bit like Billy McFarland,...
You know what that also describes? Jurassic Park.
Thanks to a Nerdist video that mashes up documentary footage with scenes from the 1993 film, we now have proof that the dinosaur theme park has quite a few similarities to Fyre. For instance, InGen's John Hammond promised the world that he'd succeeded in creating the ultimate theme park but hadn't done nearly enough legwork to ensure it would actually succeed. Sounds a bit like Billy McFarland,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Andy King -- the event planner who offered oral sex in exchange for Evian (lots of it) at the doomed Fyre Festival -- is ready for his close-up ... strictly above the waist. Andy tells TMZ ... he's received offers from multiple networks for a reality series since his unforgettable scenes in the Netflix 'Fyre' documentary. He says cameras would follow him doing what he does ... hosting major events around the world. Andy says his...
- 2/6/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Fyre breakout star Andy King has no plans of stepping out of the spotlight.
Less than a month after the professional event planner, 58, became an internet meme for revealing on the Netflix documentary that he was “fully prepared” to give oral sex to a customs worker in exchange for the festival’s Evian water supply — per request of disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland — King has been offered to have his own television show.
“I had three TV show offers this week, from notable networks,” King told Vanity Fair, describing the impact of his newfound celebrity.
While King chose not...
Less than a month after the professional event planner, 58, became an internet meme for revealing on the Netflix documentary that he was “fully prepared” to give oral sex to a customs worker in exchange for the festival’s Evian water supply — per request of disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland — King has been offered to have his own television show.
“I had three TV show offers this week, from notable networks,” King told Vanity Fair, describing the impact of his newfound celebrity.
While King chose not...
- 2/6/2019
- by Robyn Merrett
- PEOPLE.com
The recent competing Fyre Festival documentaries airing on Netflix and Hulu both had some shocking revelations, but perhaps none struck the internet more than what Andy King was willing to do for water. During Netflix’s Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, the producer alleges that the festival’s controversial creator Billy McFarland asked that he perform oral sex on a customs agent...
- 1/31/2019
- by Jamie Samhan
- ET Canada
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