January 26, 2020
By Tucker Higgins
Louise Linton, (click here) the wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, deleted a post on Instagram on Saturday in which she had expressed support for the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has been publicly sparring with Mnuchin over whether the U.S. should divest from fossil fuels.
Mnuchin had dismissed the Swedish activist’s call for the U.S. to divest from the sector on Thursday, saying that the 17-year-old should study economics in college, and then “she can come back and explain that to us.”
Thunberg had called for the divestment at the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Her address followed the hottest year on record for the world’s oceans, and the second hottest year on record for global average temperatures.
Linton wrote in her post, which tagged both Thunberg and Mnuchin, that she was sympathetic to Thunberg....
April 16, 2019
By Erik Pedersen
EXCLUSIVE: (click here) We have the first photo from Me, You, Madness, the indie film starring first-time writer-director Louise Linton. Have a look below, along with an image of Linton in helmer mode.
She stars along with Ed Westwick in the comedy about a young thief (Westwick) who, while casing a secluded mansion in Malibu, discovers he is robbing the home of a serial killer. The movie 2018 shoot in Malibu was interrupted by last year’s Woolsey Fire before resuming after the danger had passed.
“Thanks to my killer crew and cast, the movie is every bit the playful 80’s homage I dreamed of when I wrote it,” said Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary and Wonder Woman executive producer Steven Mnuchin. “It was a joyful set, even under pressure. Ed Westwick is a phenomenal actor, collaborator, friend and creative force who became my co-pilot on many creative aspects of the film.”
Stormchaser Films’ Linton and Kristen Ruhlin are producing Me, You, Madness, which is being shopped to distributors. The Edinburgh-born Linton’s acting credits include Rules Don’t Apply, Cabin Fever and Serial Daters Anonymous. She was an executive producer on the recent features Odious, 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain and The Midnight Man....
