Co-owner, Vidiots
Co-owner of Vidiots, an indie video store in Santa Monica, California, she's working on creating a Vidiots film school
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Cathy Tauber
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FROM Cathy Tauber
Which Way, L.A.?
Angel Funders Save Vidiots Last week, we reported that Vidiots—the 30-year-old video-rental shop in Santa Monica—would be closed down. Film critic Joe Morgenstern said it was like “a death in the family.” Doctor Leonard Lipman, a longtime customer, promised some help—but Megan Ellison brought it home. She’s the head of Annapurna, the production company behind Zero Dark Thirty, Her, American Hustle and other distinctly contemporary movies.
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Vidiots, Beloved Video Store, Is Closing Vidiots — a video rental shop in Santa Monica — survived competition from Blockbuster and Hollywood Video by offering literally thousands of movies they didn't have. We hear why a beloved institution nay be closing after 30 years in business.
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