MPTF: This Blog Has Nothing to Do with George Clooney

February 3, 2012 By Richard Stellar 6 days ago

Those who made a difference, effected social change, saved lives, and shared a cigar with me along the way

  

MPTF Bows to Pressure, Will Begin Admitting New Patients to Long-Term Care Unit

January 25, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

The number of patients at the Wasserman facility has dwindled to 29 from more than 150 when closure of the facility was first announced

  

MPTF Lays Off 18 Workers and Caregivers (Exclusive)

January 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

Staffing cuts come as the number of patients in the longterm care center has dwindled to 29

  

MPTF 3 Years Later: Longterm Care Remains Open, But Patients Down to 29

January 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

Tensions have cooled as the administration works to find a new partner, but grassroots activists want new residents to be admitted

  

More MPTF Woes: Medi-Cal Cuts Will Mean 22% Reduction in Reimbursements

November 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Despite the cuts, CEO Bob Beitcher reaffirmed that the organization is committed to maintaining long-term care on its campus

  

MPTF's Beitcher: Providence Talks Over, New Partner May Be Announced Soon

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

Exclusive: CEO says the fund has moved on after Providence talks broke down over money

  

MPTF CEO Beitcher Reassures Staff After Failure of Deal With Providence

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

In letter to employees, Beitcher insisted a plan was in place to keep the facility operating

  

MPTF Makes It Official: Bob Beitcher Named President and CEO

July 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 28 weeks ago

The former Panavision CEO had been serving in the post on an interim basis and has helped cool tensions over a plan to shutter the non-profit's hospital

  

MPTF Preps for Renovations, but Deal With Providence Still in the Works

July 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 31 weeks ago

Exclusive: In a memo to staff, CEO Bob Beitcher says that the transfer should happen by the end of the year

  

MPTF's Tax Return: While It Planned Hospital Closure, Revenue Was Up

March 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 46 weeks ago

EXCLUSIVE: IRS documents show that in 2009, the fund's revenue and salaries increased -- and CEO David Tillman made $918,000

  

MPTF Sued Over 89-Year-Old Patient's Mysterious Death

March 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 47 weeks ago

Family of Carrie DeLay is suing the hospital looking for answers as to why the elderly woman fell to her death

  

At Long Last, 'Vanity Fair' Publishes MPTF Piece -- Online Only

February 25, 2011 By Brent Lang 49 weeks ago

Analysis: Well-written piece is marred by a serious case of Jeffrey Katzenberg worship

  

Inside the MPTF Meeting With Families

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

It was a subdued affair as CEO Bob Beitcher was grilled about plans to keep the longterm care facility and hospital open and running

  

MPTF Chief Beitcher Grilled: 'It’s a Big Win For Everybody'

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

The CEO on how partnering with Providence Health will save the Fund's hospital and longterm care facility

  

TheWrap's Complete Coverage of the MPTF Closure Saga: A Timeline

February 23, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 50 weeks ago

From the beginning, TheWrap has followed every twist and turn in the tale of the closing of the long-term care facility. Now, with resolution in the air, check out our exclusive comprehensive reportage.

  

Victory at the MPTF: A True Hollywood David and Goliath Story

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

The decision to keep the hospital running could not have happened without a sustained grassroots campaign waged against the industry's heaviest hitters

  

MPTF Gives In; Longterm Care Facility to Remain Open

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

Fund will partner with Providence Health & Services to keep the facility available to all residents

  

Hollywood Publicist-Turned-Producer Walter Seltzer Dies at 96

February 19, 2011 By Wrap Staff 50 weeks ago

Worked with Brando, Douglas and Heston -- was sole MPTF trustee to oppose closing of the fund's long-term care center

  

MPTF: Walk Like an Egyptian

February 11, 2011 By Richard Stellar 51 weeks ago

Like the Egyptians and Mubarak, we are dealing with men who have the power to stifle the Fourth Estate -- our press

  

Exclusive: Vanity Fair Pulls Motion Picture Home Piece From its Hollywood Issue

January 27, 2011 By Brent Lang & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Decision to pull David Margolick's 5,000-word piece on the long-term care facility's closure follows spiking of feature on warring new media outlets

  

2 Years Later, the Fight Rages On to Keep MPTF Home Open

January 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

On the second anniversary of the closure announcement, the long-term care center remains open but with far fewer patients and staff

  

MPTF: A Christmas Song

December 24, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Once again they missed a golden opportunity to show the public what they recently claimed to the residents: continued support for the most elderly and infirm in their care

  

MPTF: And the Survey Says -- No Room for Old People

December 16, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Its latest survey is nothing but another PR hack's Hail Mary pass to divert the negativity that is being heaped with growing momentum onto the Board

  

State Investigates Mysterious Death at Motion Picture Home

November 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie DeLay, 89, died after falling down a flight of steps. Critics of the fund blame cutbacks and lax oversight

  

A Return to McCarthyism

November 29, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Instead of a fist-pounding corpulent senator, we now have our own State of California dancing to the tune played by Hollywood moguls while they ask "How high?" to commands of "Jump."

  

Proposed: A New Long-Term Care Facility at MPTF

October 20, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Hunter and Diane Ladd want to raise $150 million to construct a new facility on the Woodland Hills facility

  

MPTF: Bob Pisano, Another Wealthy Apologist Heard From

October 17, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Bob seems deliberate in his attempts to identify the most frail, the most handicapped and needy and choosing only them for extinction from the beautiful 40-acre campus.

  

One Message, One Voice ... But No George Clooney at Soulful MPTF Event

October 7, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

The performers were channeling the home's residents to us -- and as a coda to their own stories, we felt the pain of abandonment

  

MPTF: Heaven and Hell

September 19, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

There was nothing sweeter than the smiles on the residents faces -- and the affirmation that God will see us through to next year

  

State Reverses Itself on MPTF Patient Transfers

August 26, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Now health department says long-term care center didn't violate the law

  

MPTF Violated Law When Transferring Long-Term Care Patients

August 11, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

State: Hospital officials failed to give 30 days' notice to residents being relocated

  

MPTF: A Time When 'Once a Star Meant Always a Star'

July 19, 2010 By David Dukesherer 1 year ago

Mae Murray's riches-to-rags story epitomizes the reason for the existence of the Motion Picture Home, which she helped to found