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Award-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick reads
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
for back-to-school at the SAG-AFTRA
Foundation's Storyline
Online®
LOS ANGELES
(September 2023) -- Award-winning actress
and director Kyra Sedgwick is helping to
kick off the new school year by reading
Alan Madison's brilliant children's story
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's free
children's literacy program Storyline
Online®. In this new read-aloud,
Sedgwick inspires young ones to embrace
their individuality while learning some
scientific facts about metamorphosis and
migration along the way!
Winner of the
School Library Journal's Best Book of the
Year, Velma Gratch and the Way Cool
Butterfly is all about finding your
passion and embracing your heart's desire,
even if it looks different than what is
expected of you. That's true for Velma,
who is the youngest Gratch and entering
the first grade. Velma is constantly
reminded of her two older sisters who were
practically perfect first graders. People
can barely remember Velma's name, but all
that changes on a class trip to the
magnificent Butterfly Conservatory (where
neither of her sisters have ever been)
when a monarch roosts on Velma's finger,
and becomes her new, winged friend. It's a
transformative tale of a timid first
grader who gains confidence and
self-esteem when she discovers her passion
for nature and science.
Published in 2010
by Penguin Random House, the story is
brought to life with illustrations by
Kevin Hawkes. And with back-to-school
underway, SAG-AFTRA Foundation President
Courtney B. Vance is excited to welcome
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly to
the Storyline Online library this
September.
"We are thrilled to
have Kyra Sedgwick join the Storyline
Online family. She is the perfect reader
for Velma Gratch and the Way Cool
Butterfly as Kyra, much like our heroine
Velma, marches to the beat of her own
drum!" says Vance. "Velma Gratch and the
Way Cool Butterfly is so vibrant in both
its message and illustrations, while also
teaching a very important lesson about
finding one's passion and learning to
celebrate and embrace the differences
within one's own family, and most
importantly, within yourself. We can't
wait to let this story fly!"
With hundreds of
millions of views worldwide, Storyline
Online has been a trusted educational
brand and resource for teachers,
librarians and parents since 2001. As with
all Storyline Online read-alouds, Velma
Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly is
accompanied by a complementary
supplemental activity guide for teachers
that aligns with Common Core Standards to
strengthen verbal, written and
comprehension skills. Velma Gratch and the
Way Cool Butterfly includes themes of
individuality, science, and sibling
rivalry, and is aimed at students in 2nd
and 3rd grades.
Kyra Sedgwick joins
the impressive cast of Storyline Online
readers including Angela Bassett, Kristen
Bell, Connie Britton, Keith Carradine,
Terry Crews, Viola Davis, Rosario Dawson,
Cynthia Erivo, Sutton Foster, Jennifer
Garner, Allison Janney, John Lithgow, Simi
Liu, Rami Malek, Seth Meyers, Bob
Odenkirk, Holly Robinson Peete, Chris
Pine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Justin Theroux,
Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Yeoh, and dozens
more who have volunteered their time and
talent to promote literacy and inspire a
love of reading in hundreds of millions of
children worldwide.
To watch Velma
Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly and all
of Storyline Online's read-alouds, visit
storylineonline.net. Keep up with new
videos by subscribing to Storyline Online
on YouTube and following Storyline Online
on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
ABOUT The
SAG-AFTRA Foundation. It is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization that provides
vital assistance and free educational
programming to the professionals of
SAG-AFTRA while serving the public at
large through its award-winning children's
literacy program Storyline
Online®.
The Foundation relies solely on support
from gifts, grants and sponsorships to
maintain its free programs. For more
information, visit sagaftra.foundation.
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-Kyra Sedgwick Reads
reads
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
for back-to-school
at
the
SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Storyline
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SAG-AFTRA
CONGRATULATES THE WGA ON REACHING A
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE
AMPTP
LOS ANGELES
(Sept. 24, 2023) -- SAG-AFTRA
congratulates theWGA on reaching a
tentative agreement with the AMPTP after
146 days of incredible strength,
resiliency and solidarity on the
picket lines. While we look forward to
reviewing the WGA and AMPTP's tentative
agreement, we remain committed to
achieving the necessary terms for our
members.
Since the
day the WGA strike began, SAG-AFTRA
members have stood alongside the writers
on the picket lines. We remain on strike
in our TV/Theatrical contract and continue
to urge the studio and streamer CEOs and
the AMPTP to return to the table and make
the fair deal that our members deserve and
demand.
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SAG-AFTRA
HEALTH PLAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVES EXTENSION OF ACTIVE COVERAGE TO
QUALIFIED PARTICIPANTS
LOS ANGELES
(August 30, 2023) -- The trustees of the
SAG-AFTRA Health Plan have unanimously
agreed to a one-calendar-quarter extension
of health coverage for certain qualified
participants who would otherwise lose
coverage on Oct. 1, 2023. This extension
accounts for work opportunities that may
have been lost in May and June of this
year due to the WGA strike.
Qualified
participants must be losing earnings-based
or days-based coverage on Oct. 1, 2023,
and have at least $22,000 in reported
earnings (or 85 alternative days) from
July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. These
reduced requirements apply only to
continuation of existing active coverage
and reflect a reduction that accounts for
lesser earnings opportunities during May
and June.
"This will
come as a great relief to our members,"
said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher. "I
think it's important that we never forget
that we are in a contract negotiation with
the AMPTP and under no circumstances
should the health and well-being of
members and their families ever be
weaponized against them because of this
strike. The AMPTP is long overdue to
return to the negotiating table with a
fresh perspective on their integral
relationship with SAG-AFTRA members. The
ball is in their court to do the right
thing on behalf of performers and accept
the inevitable paradigm shift with grace
and generosity."
SAG-AFTRA's
National Executive Director and Chief
Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, who
also serves as a trustee, said, "It's a
shame the studios and streamers have put
so many SAG-AFTRA members in a position
where they have to worry about basic
necessities -- like whether they will
remain covered by their health plan. The
Board of Trustees' approval of this
extension to some of those impacted by the
AMPTP's intransigence will help alleviate
some of that anxiety. The solution we're
all hoping for, however, is that the AMPTP
will return to the bargaining
table."
SAG-AFTRA
health plan participants who lose active
coverage but don't qualify for the
extension will receive a COBRA offer from
the Plan. COBRA premium payment assistance
or other resources that can help members
find affordable coverage may be available
through their state or through one of the
entertainment industry's charitable
foundations.
The
SAG-AFTRA Health Plan is governed
independently of the union.
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SAG-AFTRA
Statement regarding DANCING WITH THE
STARS
LOS ANGELES
(Sept. 21, 2023) -- Our members
appearing on Dancing with the Stars are
working under the Network Code agreement,
which is a non-struck contract. They are
required to go to work, are not in
violation of SAG-AFTRA strike rules, and
we support them in fulfilling their
contractual obligations.
The program is a
SAG-AFTRA non-dramatic production under a
separate agreement that is not subject to
the union's strike order.
The
majority of our members on Dancing with
the Stars had contractual obligations to
the show prior to the strike. Many are
under option agreements that require them
to return to the show if the producer
exercises their option which the producer
has done.
Our
members are also subject to a "No Strike
Clause" in the Network Code Collective
Bargaining Agreement. This means our
performers agree not to strike during the
term of the Collective Bargaining
Agreement and to show up to work during
this term (the Network Code runs through
June 30, 2024.) By not showing up to work,
our performers can be held in breach of
contract and the Union is prohibited from
advising them not to work.
It
is important to recognize that SAG-AFTRA
is fighting against the studios and not
members who are required to go to work
every day under other union contracts or
personal service agreements. We stand with
our union siblings across the industry as
we also recognize our obligations under
federal labor law.
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Venice:
Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things' Wins Best
Film
The 80th edition of
the Venice Film Festival has come to a
close, with this year's Competition jury,
led by American filmmaker Damien Chazelle
(La La Land, Babylon), awarding the
coveted Best Film Golden Lion to Yorgos
Lanthimos' "Poor Things."
Actress Caterina
Murino hosted the opening and closing
nights of the 80th Venice International
Film Festival 2023 within La Biennale di
Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. She
also hosted the closing ceremony on
Saturday 9 September, when the winners of
the Lions and other official prizes of the
80th Venice Film Festival were
announced.
Winners of the 80th Venice Film
Festival 2023?
Poor Things
A fantastical
feminist fable about Victorian-era female
empowerment starring Emma Stone as
Isabella Baxter, the woman who struggles
to understand the restrictive patriarchy
of the world around her, and then proceeds
to dismantle it.
Golden Lion
- "Poor Things"
The 80th edition of
the Venice Film Festival has come to a
close, with this year's Competition jury,
led by American filmmaker Damien Chazelle
(La La Land, Babylon), awarding the
coveted Best Film Golden Lion to Yorgos
Lanthimos' Poor Things.
Best
Director Award - Matteo Garrone ("Me
Captain")
Matteo Garrone won
the best director award for his migration
drama Me Captain, while newcomer Seydou
Sarr won the best young actor award for
his performance of a Senegalese teenager
who leaves home on a quest to reach Europe
in the film. The young actor broke down in
tears before stammering out his thank yous
to the Venice jury.
Best Young
Actor Award - Seydou Sarr
Newcomer Seydou
Sarr won the best young actor award for
his performance of a Senegalese teenager
who leaves home on a quest to reach Europe
in the film. The young actor broke down in
tears before stammering out his thank yous
to the Venice jury.
Best Actress
- "Priscilla Presley"
Cailee Spaeny won
best actress for her portrayal of
Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola's
Priscilla, while Peter Sarsgaard won best
actor for Michel Franco's Memory, playing
a man suffering from dementia. He used his
speech to comment on the
strikes.
Special Jury
Award - Agnieszka Holland ("Green
Border")
Polish director
Agnieszka Holland won a special jury award
for Green Border, her harrowing drama
on the plight of refugees caught on the
border between Belarus and Poland. Members
of Poland's far-right government,
including Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew
Ziobro have attacked Holland online for
the film, comparing it to "Nazi
propaganda." The director says she will
sue for defamation if Ziobro does not
formally apologize and retract his
comments.
Best
Documentary Prize - "Thank You Very
Much"
Alex Braverman took
Venice's best documentary prize
for Thank You Very Much, which looks
at the career of legendary comedian and
prankster Andy Kaufman. Braverman paid
tribute to the late Kaufman in his
acceptance speech, saying the comedian was
"as relevant now as he ever
was."
The Lion of
the Future Prize - "Love is a Gun"
Love is a Gun, the
directorial debut of Taiwanese actor Lee
Hong-chi won the Lion of the Future prize
for best first feature in Venice this
year. The drama follows an ex-convict
desperately trying to go straight. French
director Alice Diop (Saint Omer) headed
the jury that presented the
award.
Best Film in
the Horizons sidebar - "Explanation for
Everything"
Explanation for
Everything is a Hungarian drama from
director Gabor Reisz, which looks at the
culture wars in central Europe, took the
top prize for best film in the Horizons
sidebar.
Best
Director Honor in Horizons - "Paradise is
Burning"
Swedish filmmaker
Mika Gustafson took the best director
honor in Horizons for her
drama Paradise is
Burning.
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La Biennale Cinema 2023 at Venice
Lido
The
lineup includes
octogenarians
Woody
Allen and Roman
Polanski.
The
80th Venice International Film Festival
organized by La Biennale di Venezia will
take place at the Venice Lido from August
30 to September 9. It is the oldest film
festival in the world and one of the "Big
Three" film festivals.
"Comandante,"
directed by Edoardo De Angelis, will
serve as the festival's opening film on 30
August and "Society of the Snow"
has been scheduled as the Festival's
closing
film.
Bradley Cooper's
Leonard Bernstein drama "Maestro," Sofia
Coppola's Priscilla Presley movie, Michael
Mann's "Ferrari," David Fincher's "The
Killer" and Ava DuVernay's "Origin" will
make their world debuts at the Venice
International Film Festival.
The Festival is
also set to headline films directed by
Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, despite
Hollywood's distaste for the directors due
to their histories of sexual misconduct
accusations.
Despite Polanski
being accused of sexual assault of a minor
in 1977, his film "The Palace," set in in
a Swiss Hotel on New Year's Eve, will be
featured in the festival as well as
Allen's film "Coup de Chance," a French
thriller, is to premiere at the festival,
regardless of being accused of sexual
assault in 1992.
The lineup for the
80th edition of the festival, which --
despite the flashy names behind the films
-- could have a little less Hollywood
glamour than usual gracing the red carpet
if the Hollywood actors and writers
strikes stretch on. As part of the
strike, actors cannot promote projects
from the studios and streamers with whom
the union is negotiating.
The prestigious
film festival already lost one
high-profile premiere to the labor
disputes in the U.S. in Luca
Guadagnino's tennis drama "Challengers,"
starring Zendaya, which had been set to
play in the opening night slot but has now
been pushed to 2024. But Alberto Barbera,
the director of the Venice Film Festival,
said that the strikes' effects on the
festival lineup had otherwise been
minimal.
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Lorenzo Mattotti creates official poster
for Venice Inter'l Film
Festival
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TVIMagazine
Italian illustrator and artist Lorenzo
Mattotti is, for the sixth consecutive
year, the author of the image for the
official poster, and for the fifth year,
of the opening sequence for the Venice
International Film Festival of La Biennale
di Venezia, this year in its 80th edition
(August 30 - 9 September 2023).
The image chosen for the poster this year
"is inspired by the tradition of on the
road movies," explains Lorenzo Mattotti,
and in this way seeks to express feelings
of freedom, adventure, the discovery of
new territories. I played with the
graphics - underscores the author - to
represent new worlds that can be explored
through Cinema.
We are convinced that there is a great
future for Cinema that looks forward and
ventures down new paths. Furthermore, the
Venice International Film Festival is
celebrating its 80th edition this year and
we wanted to commemorate that in the
number that appears on the license plate
of an imagined car. Naturally, many are
the films that can be evoked by this
image, such as Il sorpasso, Easy Rider or
Thelma and Louise. May each of us find our
own on the road movie. This is our wish
for Cinema, may it go far and sprint
towards the future. A future of
exploration, in search of new frontiers: a
colourful luminous Cinema".
Lorenzo Mattotti lives and works in Paris.
He began his career in the late 1970s as a
comic artist and in the early 1980s
founded the Valvoline group with other
illustrators. In 1984 he created Fuochi,
which was greeted as an event in the world
of comic art, and won important
international awards. In cinema, he
collaborated in 2004 on Eros by Wong
Kar-Wai, Soderbergh and Antonioni, and was
responsible for the presentation segments
of each episode. He was a creative
consultant for Pinocchio by Enzo
D'Alò. In Incidenti, Signor
Spartaco, Doctor Nefasto, L'uomo alla
finestra and many more books, all the way
to Stigmate published in Italy by Einaudi,
Mattotti's work has evolved following an
extremely consistent constant.
His
books have been translated around the
world. He publishes in newspapers and
magazines such as The New Yorker, Le
Monde, Das Magazin, Suddeutsche Zeitung,
Nouvel Observateur, Corriere della Sera
and Repubblica. He has illustrated many
books for children including Pinocchio and
Eugenio, which won the Grand Prix in
Bratislava in 1993. He has held many solo
exhibitions including an anthological
exhibition at the Palazzo delle
Esposizioni in Rome, at the FransHals
museum in Haarlem and at the Musei di
Porta Romana. He creates posters, covers,
advertising campaigns and is the author of
the Cannes 2000 poster and the posters for
the Estate Romana festival.
In May 2019, he presented to great acclaim
in the Un certain regard section of the
Cannes Film Festival, his first animated
feature-length film as author and
director, titled "La famosa invasione
degli orsi in Sicilia" (The Bears' Famous
Invasion of Sicily) inspired by the
fable/apologue by
Dino Buzzati.
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80th VeniceInternatioalFilmFestival
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edition
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Series
of Film screenings at GERMAN CURRENT
2023
More than just a
series of film screenings, German Currents
is a platform for cultural exchange,
connecting German films and filmmakers
with the greater Los Angeles community.
This year's festival takes place from
October 13 -- 16 with screenings at the
American Cinematheque and the
Goethe-Institut.
German Currents
2023 opens Friday, October 13th, at the
Los Feliz 3 Theatre, with the exclusive US
premiere of director Birgit Möller's
multi-award-winning festival favorite,
FRANKY FIVE STAR, starring Lena
Urzendowsky (COCOON, Netflix's DARK, and
HOW TO SELL DRUGS ONLINE (Fast). A
discussion with Ms. Urzendowsky will
follow the screening. Opening night event
continues with the LA premiere of veteran
German Filmmaker Fatih Akin's German box
office smash, RHINEGOLD (RHEINGOLD).
The
festival weekend continues with the US
premiere of David Wnendt's SUN AND
CONCRETE (SONNE UND BETON), adapted from
Felix Lobrecht's best-selling novel. David
Wnendt (COMBAT GIRLS, WETLANDS) will be
present to discuss his film.
Additional screenings include
the US premiere of the popular short film
showcase NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER, the
US premiere of Axel Ranisch's ORPHEA IN
LOVE, and the LA premiere of the
retro-futuristic THE ORDINARIES, directed
by Sophie Linnenbaum.
To complete the
festival program, German Currents will
bring back its popular family matinee with
a screening of MISSION
ULJA FUNK, directed by Barbara
Kronenberg, winner of the German Film
Award for Best Youth Film.
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Train
Festival 2023 draws large crowds at Los
Angeles Union
Station
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By Gary Sunkin
In partnership with
Metrolosangeles, amtrak and Metrolink,
Train Festival invited guests of all ages
to check out rail equipment on the tracks
from various decades since the opening of
the station, marvel at the rarest of model
train exhibits and participate in tours
about the history, restoration and art
throughout the building.
Los Angeles Union
Station is the largest railroad passenger
terminal in the Western United States and
is widely regarded as "the last of the
great train stations." The Station was
commissioned in 1933 as a joint venture
between the Southern Pacific, Union
Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroads and was intended to consolidate
the three local railroad terminals.
The Station was
designed by the father-and-son architect
team of John and Donald Parkinson with an
innovative blend of Spanish Colonial,
Mission Revival and Art Deco architecture
now commonly referred to as Mission
Moderne. The stunning facility was
completed in 1939 for a reported $11
million and opened with a lavish,
star-studded, three-day celebration
attended by a half million Angelenos.
Within just a few
years of opening, Union Station
transformed into a bustling 24-hour,
seven-day-a-week operation with as many as
100 troop trains carrying tens of
thousands of servicemen through the
terminal every day during World War
II.
By the 1950s
Americans favored cars and planes to the
rails, and there were fewer passengers
throughout the Station, but it remained a
vital part of LA's transportation scene
for decades. Union Station was designated
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No.
101 in 1972 and listed in the National
Register of Historic Places and California
Register of Historical Resources in
1980.
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In the eight-plus
decades since its opening, Union Station
has captured the spirit and soul of Los
Angeles and has emerged as a vital portal
to the promise of the California dream and
a vibrant destination for arts and
culture.
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Paul
Reubens, comedian who portrayed iconic
Pee-wee Herman character, dies at
70.
Reubens died Sunday
night after a six-year struggle with
cancer that he did not make public, his
publicist said in a statement.
"Last night we said farewell to Paul
Reubens, an iconic American actor,
comedian, writer and producer whose
beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted
generations of children and adults with
his positivity, whimsy and belief in the
importance of kindness," the statement
reads. "Paul bravely and privately fought
cancer for years with his trademark
tenacity and wit. A gifted and prolific
talent, he will forever live in the comedy
pantheon and in our hearts as a treasured
friend and man of remarkable character and
generosity of spirit."
Reuben shared a
statement on his instagram account to be
shared with his fans after his passing:
"Please accept my apology for not going
public with what I've been facing the last
six years," Reubens wrote. "I have always
felt a huge amount of love and respect
from my friends, fans and supporters. I
have loved you all so much and enjoyed
making art for you."
Born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New
York, Reubens grew up in Sarasota,
Florida, and developed an affinity for
comedy early on in his life that he
attributed in part to Sarasota being the
winter home of the Ringling Bros. and
Barnum Circus.
After high school graduation, Reubens
enrolled in Boston University's theatre
department before moving to Los Angeles to
attend the acting program at California
Institute of the Arts, the new school
founded by Walt Disney.
Pee Wee
Herman {Photo: Getty images}
It was after college that Reubens created
the iconic character Pee-wee Herman while
a member of the famed Los Angeles improv
group, The Groundlings.
"The Pee-wee Herman Show" premiered at The
Groundlings Theatre in 1981 before moving
to The Roxy on Sunset Strip, where it ran
for an unprecedented five months.
The HBO broadcast of the show introduced
the Pee-wee Herman character to a national
audience.
Reubens
teamed up with Tim Burton for the 1985
film debut "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" "
which Reubens co-wrote.
The creator and
star of the subversive 1986 to 1990 TV
series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" revisited his
iconic, giddy character on occasion over
the years and updated revival of "The
Pee-wee Herman Show" in Los Angeles. The
production later traveled to Broadway,
opening to rave reviews at The Stephen
Sondheim Theater. Reubens revisited the
character in the 2016 Netflix
movie "Pee-wee's Big Holiday."
"Pee-wee's
Playhouse" ran for four years and earned
15 Emmy awards in its time, while Reubens
himself has been nominated for 14 Emmys,
winning twice. His star on Hollywood's
Walk of Fame was awarded in 1988.
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Exploration Day - California Science
Center to Begin Go for Stack on July 20,
2023
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California
Science Center Foundation

Space
Shuttle Endeavour at
future
Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center
Photo by Gary Sunkin

Aft Skirt Installation Will Be First
Milestone toward Lifting Space Shuttle
Endeavour into Vertical Launch Position
for New
Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center
LOS ANGELES,
July 6, 2023 --The California Science
Center will commence Go for Stack, the
complex process of moving and lifting each
of the space shuttle components into place
for Endeavour's upcoming, awe-inspiring
20-story vertical display in the future
Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center,
currently under construction. This
technically challenging feat has never
been done outside of a NASA facility. The
installation of the two aft skirts, the
base of the solid rocket boosters, will
mark the first Go for Stack milestone and
lay the foundation upon which the entire
shuttle stack will be built. This is the
first step in creating the world's only
display of an authentic, 'ready-to-launch'
space shuttle system; complete with the
orbiter Endeavour, solid rocket boosters,
and external tank.
The roughly
six-month Go for Stack process will start
with the installation of the aft
skirts, on top of which the solid rocket
motors will be stacked to form
the solid rocket boosters. This will be
followed by the move and lift of the
external tank, ET-94; then, Space Shuttle
Endeavour's final move across Exposition
Park and lift into place by a large crane;
and finally, the intricate mating of the
orbiter with the rest of the space shuttle
stack. Once finished, Endeavour will
be in a vertical configuration towering
200-feet tall. The Air and Space Center
building will be completed around the full
shuttle stack.
After more than
eleven years on display at the California
Science Center, December 31, 2023 will be
the last chance to see Endeavour on
exhibit for several years until the Samuel
Oschin Air and Space Center opens to the
public. While Endeavour is off exhibit,
the California Science Center remains one
of the largest science centers in the
nation, with
multiple hands-on exhibit galleries,
special exhibitions, and IMAX movies for
guests to experience.
"Endeavour will be
the star attraction of the Samuel Oschin
Air and Space Center, a launchpad for
creativity and innovation that will
inspire future generations of scientists,
engineers and explorers," said Jeff
Rudolph, President and CEO of the
California Science Center. "We are
grateful to be at this point in the
construction of the new Air and Space
Center, and thrilled to start Go for Stack
on July 20 to commemorate Space
Exploration Day."
NASA-KimShiflett
With an impressive
artifact collection integrated with
hands-on exhibits, the Samuel Oschin Air
and Space Center will be a major expansion
that will double the Science Center's
educational exhibit space, adding 100,000
square feet and 100 new educational
exhibits. Guests of all ages will be
encouraged to investigate scientific and
engineering principles of atmospheric
flight and the exploration of the
universe. The Air, Shuttle, and Space
Galleries will provide a unique
educational opportunity for our Los
Angeles community and guests from around
the world, general admission free. The
Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center is the
third phase of the California Science
Center's three-phase, three-decade master
plan to develop one of the world's leading
science learning centers. Building
construction is underway, and together
with artifact and exhibit installation, is
expected to take several years.
The California
Science Center Foundation is actively
fundraising to complete this ambitious
project with $320 million raised toward
the $400 million EndeavourLA Campaign
goal. Everyone can help realize this
exciting vision and donations at any level
are welcomed.
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Digital Hollywood's Al Entertainment
Summit
- The arrival of AI upon the
Entertainment, Technology, Advertising and
Media
Industries

The
innovation in AI this year represents the
largest technology transformation of our
lifetime. The internet and web arrived in
the 1980s/1990s and took 15 to 20 years to
impact 100s of Millions. Generative AI
arrived in the Winter of 2023 and took a
few months to reach IB Users. The opening
session of the conference, will begin to
address this phenomenon,"The AI Summit:
Breaking the
Net."It
will take place Tuesday, July 18th, 2023,
12 Noon ET.
Opening
Keynote One-on-One, The AI Inflection
Point by Richard Kerris, General Manager,
Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA. Charlie
Fink, Podcaster, Forbes Columnist, Author,
Adjunct
Former Digital
Hollywood keynote speakers include Bob
Iger, Fran Drescher, Larry Page, Brian
Roberts, Debbie Harry, Steve Ballmer,
Barry Diller, Rupert Murdoch, Norman
Mailer, Mark Burnett, and Quincy Jones
among others.
Victor Harwood, is
the founder & President, Digital
Hollywood. During the past thirty years,
Victor Harwood has developed and produced
over three hundred leading conferences and
events for artists, professionals and top
executives.
Mr. Harwood is
considered a leading authority on the
convergence of the entertainment and
technology industries, founding and
organizing such conferences such as
Digital Hollywood (28 years), Digital
Hollywood at CES (22 years), NASA's
Space Shuttle Conference, AKA The
International Business in Space
Conference, CNN's Politics 2008: The Media
Conference on the Election of the
President, Media Summit New York (15 years
- Partnered with BusinessWeek and
McGrawHill/Standard & Poors) and
Building Blocks: Technology of the Future
(Partnered with CES).
In 2008, Mr.
Harwood established Digital Hollywood
Europe in London (Partnered with the UK
Government), Production East at Lincoln
Center in New York and the renown New York
Writers Conference with Norman Mailer,
Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hammil. In 2009 Mr.
Harwood founded Advertising 2.0 (Partnered
with AdAge Magazine), the Entertainment
Globalization Initiative and Multimedia
Expo.
In 1990, Mr.
Harwood coined the now ubiquitous
expression, "The Digital
Revolution." And in 1987 Mr. Harwood
founded and produced the first HTTP:
Conference, the forerunner to the World
Wide Web.
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115-The
Cincinnati Music Festival back to the
Cincinnati
Riverfront
By
Mark
Anderson
(Television
Int'l Magazine)

2023
represents The Festival's 59th year of
bringing top R&B talent to Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Music Festival will take
place July 20 -
22.
Originally
called the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival when
it was first held in 1962, the Cincinnati
Music Festival has grown and evolved into
a spectacular three-day event on
Cincinnati's riverfront. Starting out as
an all-jazz concert, over the years it has
grown into a three-day festival featuring
great music from the hottest stars in
R&B, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, as well
as up and coming artists. Past performers
include Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington,
Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Gerald
Levert, Patti Labelle, New Edition, Earth
Wind and Fire, Lakeside, Whitney Houston,
Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson and many
others
By
the year 2000, the festival was the
largest of its kind in the United States,
drawing more than 50,000 people annually
from all across the country. The festival
has been held at various sites through its
nearly 60 year history, including French
Lick Indiana, the Carthage Fairgrounds,
and the Hamilton County Fairgrounds before
landing at its current home in Paycor
Stadium on Cincinnati's river
front.
Accompanied by a street festival dubbed
Festival 513, the Cincinnati Music
Festival has an estimated annual economic
output of $107 million, according to the
Greater Cincinnati Center for Economic
Education at the University of Cincinnati.
2015 marked the first of many years in
partnership with Cincinnati based global
company P&G.
The Cincinnati
Music Festival Presented by P&G is
co-promoted by The Santangelo Group and
Ohio Valley Entertainment. 2023 represents
The Festival's 59th year of bringing top
R&B talent to Cincinnati.
About
The Santangelo Group:
The Santangelo Group, led by Owner Joe
Santangelo, has promoted or co-promoted
the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paul
Brown Stadium since 2005. Prior to
that, they promoted the Festival as the
Coors Light Music Festival, the Kool Jazz
Festival and the Ohio Valley Music
Festival stretching back to 1962. In
addition to the Cincinnati Festival in
Cincinnati, The Santangelo Group promotes
the Hampton Jazz Festival in Hampton,
VA.
About
Ohio Valley Entertainment (OVE):
OVE is an entertainment company created to
co-promote the Macy's Festival in 2006. In
addition to its involvement in the
Cincinnati Festival, OVE has promoted
other events at Paul Brown Stadium
including the 2012 Kenny Chesney/Tim
McGraw "Brothers of the Sun" tour.
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Governor
Newsom Signs SB 132 Into
Law
- California
Film and Television Tax Credit Program
Extended through
2030
LOS
ANGELES (July 10, 2023)
&endash; Today with the signing of SB
132, Governor Gavin Newsom kept his
promise to the people working in
California's motion picture industry. By
extending the California Film and
Television Tax Credit Program through
2030, Californians can work where they
live, close to their families and
communities.
Additionally, SB
132 includes new diversity provisions
which reflect the values of California, as
well as a groundbreaking
first-in-the-nation Production Safety
Pilot Program, authored by Senator Dave
Cortese, establishing clear and
enforceable safety standards for those
working on a production, and a dedicated
safety advisor to implement them on the
ground.
SB 132 is
critically important to the future of
motion picture, television, and streaming
production in the state of California by
keeping us competitive with other states
offering incentives. This bill preserves
good middle-class jobs that are
safe and accessible to all working
families in California.
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40
Years of Munich Filmfest: A Gift to the
Audience
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TVIMagazine
It's
that time again: this evening, June 23,
the 40th edition of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
held its opening gala in Munich. Some
1,500 guests from the arts, the film
industry, and local government attended
the ceremony at the Gasteig HP8 venue for
concerts and cultural events.
More than 20 members of the cast and crew
of the opening film "The Persian Version"
attended the opening gala at FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN. Among them were director
Maryam Keshavarz and lead actresses Layla
Mohammadi and Niousha Noor.
They presented a culture-clash comedy and
cross-generational portrait that uses
humor to dissolve boundaries and provide a
positive outlook during moments of bitter
reality. The film is a story about Leila
and her Iranian parents, who immigrated to
the United States in the 1960s. As she
tries to figure out her identity, Leila is
torn not only between her two parents as a
child of divorce, but also between two
opposing cultures. It is a balancing act
that she learns to master. As an added
touch, the film team put on its own
playlist after the screening, bringing the
exuberant mood of the film to Munich.
The approximately 1,500 invited guests who
celebrated the opening of the 40th
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN together included
such prominent figures from the arts scene
as Rufus Beck, Veronica Ferres, Iris
Berben and Dr. Maria Furtwängler, as
well as many other film directors, actors,
actresses, and producers from Germany and
abroad, along with the distinguished
members of the festival juries, including
Doris Dörrie, Friedrich Mücke,
and Sophie Linnenbaum, and prominent
political figures, including Bavaria's
minister of digital affairs, Judith
Gerlach, and Munich's vice-mayor, Katrin
Habenschaden.
Diana Iljine took the opportunity at the
opening of the 40th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
to thank her team: "We as a team are here
to provide a platform for creative people.
And we do that with so much affection and
so meticulously. That's magnificent. I
wish to thank everyone who has been
working tirelessly behind the scenes for
months to prepare this festival, this
anniversary. Now let's celebrate it
together!"
Minister of Digital Affairs Judith Gerlach
highlighted the exceptional standing that
Munich and Bavaria have in the film
industry: "Over the forty years of its
existence, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN has
developed into Germany's largest
summertime movie festival. And that's not
by chance. Munich is home to outstanding
production companies and studios. Digital
film specialists work here on Hollywood
blockbusters. Munich is a capital of
filmmaking. And FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is
the glittering showcase of this marvelous
German and Bavarian film industry."
Vice-Mayor Katrin Habenschaden was
particularly enthusiastic about the films
from the African continent as well as the
stimulating program of supporting events:
"Despite having turned 40, FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN has remained young and
audacious. The program reflects this; it
is particularly wide-ranging this year and
includes a focus on Africa, one of the
most fascinating regions for cinema. The
associated panel discussions and places
for meeting up are valuable assets to the
Filmfest. This is where the arts reveal
what they can do best, namely bring
different people together to create a
community. With this anniversary film
festival, Diana Iljine is delivering an
impressive farewell performance that will
hopefully resonate well."
Festival director Diana Iljine also
thanked all the partners and award
sponsors for their unwavering commitment
to FILMFEST MÜNCHEN.
For this year's
anniversary edition, the Filmfest has dug
into the archives and will be screening,
free of charge, some of the highlights
from the four decades of its existence,
from well-known classics to best-kept
secrets. Munich audiences loved the
Oscar-nominated film "Beyond Silence" by
Caroline Link when it was screened in
1996. The film tells the story of a young
woman named Lara, the daughter of deaf
parents, who searches for and finds her
own way through life. "Born in Flames" by
Lizzie Borden, "Beautiful Dead Girls" by
Dalibor Matani? and Jakob Lass's "Love
Steaks" are also waiting to be discovered.
"Young Soul Rebels" by British director
and video artist Sir Isaac Julien, who
came to Munich in May as part of a
collaboration with Museum Brandhorst, will
be screened as well.
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2023
SAG-AFTRA Candidate Elections
LOS ANGELES (Aug.
2, 2023) - SAG-AFTRA today released the
official rosters of candidates for its
upcoming elections. National president and
secretary-treasurer positions are up for
election, each of which carry two-year
terms. 37 National Board seats are up for
election this year, along with all local
officer, local board and convention
delegate positions. The executive vice
president and other vice presidents will
be elected at the SAG-AFTRA convention in
October.
National officer
ballots will be mailed to all eligible
SAG-AFTRA members nationwide on August 9,
with a return deadline and tabulation on
September 8. Election results are expected
to be announced that evening. The same
schedule will apply to the Los Angeles and
New York Local elections. Schedules vary
for other local elections.
The candidates for
national president are Fran Drescher and
Maya Gilbert-Dunbar. The candidates for
national secretary-treasurer are Peter
Antico and Joely Fisher.
Voter guides for
the national officer elections and for
each local with contested elections can be
found on the 2023 SAG-AFTRA
Candidate
Elections
webpage.
Visit sagaftra.org online
or find us on
social (Instagram, Facebook,
and Twitter).
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waivers are
questioned
Actors
are opposed to appear in movies amid the
actors' and writers' labor strikes and
come amid scrutiny over decisions to
except some productions from the strike
that are not affiliated with any major
studios or streaming platforms and have
sparked questions of lately.
Although
much of Hollywood has come to a standstill
amid the strikes more than 40 productions
have been granted waivers to continue
shooting during the mass work stoppage.
But whether actors are crossing a picket
line by participating in those productions
has become a point of contention in the
industry.
Under
the terms of the waiver said projects are
required to abide by the guidelines
SAG-AFTRA has presented to the AMPTP in
bargaining. The guild is fighting for
higher wages, greater shares of revenue
generated by streaming hits and
limitations on the use of AI, among other
benefits and protections. The exempt
poductions must operate under these terms
until the union and the AMPTP agree on and
ratify a new contract.
There
is a questions as to whether all the
exempt projects are truly independent.
However, it seems all want a swift end to
this strike and get back to work after
having won crucial new benefits.
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Time
is ticking as the SAG-AFTRA contract is to
expire June
30.
SAG-AFTRA
leaders describe negotiation talks as
productive
Members of the
Directors Guild of America voted to ratify
their contract, which provides increases
in residuals and minimums as well as gains
on working hours, family leave and
creative rights.
The SAG-AFTRA
contract is set to expire next Friday June
30, and there has been some talk that the
negotiations might be extended if the
sides are unable to reach agreement on all
points by then.
Union president
Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan
Crabtree-Ireland are optimistic saying
they hope to be able to achieve a deal
with the studios.
If
they do, that would avert a "double
strike," in which performers would join
the Writers Guild of America on picket
lines outside the major studios.
SAG-AFTRA
represents 160,000 performers. The union
is seeking robust protections around the
use of artificial intelligence (AI), as
well as increases in residuals and
regulations on self-taped auditions, among
other issues.
The
use of the word "strike" was avoided and
made no mention was made of the strike
authorization approved by 98% of the
membership just before talks began on June
7.
The
SAG-AFTRA strike authorization gives the
leadership the power to call a strike
beginning on July 1 if no contract has
been reached.
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SAG-AFTRA And AMPTP Agree to Media
Blackout for 2023 Contract
Negotiations
LOS
ANGELES (June 7, 2023) -- Today,
SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP began formal
negotiations for a new contract, and with
the agreement that neither organization
will comment to the media about the
negotiations during the process.
SAG-AFTRA's current
contract with the AMPTP expires on June
30, 2023.
Writers' strike: What's
at stake and how it could disrupt
Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (June 6,
2023) - Like writers, actors have argued
that their compensation has been undercut
by inflation and the shift to streaming,
which pays less in residuals (fees for
re-aired shows) than traditional broadcast
models.
Other contentious
issues include artificial intelligence and
the lack of regulations surrounding how
actors' voices and images are used.
Additionally, the
union wants to bolster contributions to
SAG-AFTRA's health and pension plans and
curb the practice of self-taped auditions,
a trend that accelerated during the
pandemic.
Studios and casting
directors increasingly have required
actors to submit video of themselves
auditioning for roles, forcing them to
take on audition costs that have typically
been the responsibility of productions,
the union has said.
The last time
actors went on strike was in 2000 in a
dispute over their commercials
contract.
A previous actors'
strike against the major film and TV
studios was in 1980.
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SAG-AFTRA
Members Approve Strike Authorization with
97.91% Yes Vote
Results Set the Stage for TV/Theatrical
Contracts Negotiations
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LOS
ANGELES (June 5, 2023) -- In a
powerful show of solidarity, SAG-AFTRA
members have voted 97.91% in favor of a
strike authorization ahead of negotiations
of the TV/Theatrical Contracts, with
nearly 65,000 members casting ballots for
a voting percentage of 47.69% of eligible
voters.
The strike
authorization does not mean the union is
calling a strike. SAG-AFTRA begins
negotiations on June 7 with the Alliance
of Motion Picture and Television
Producers. The affirmative vote on the
authorization empowers the union's
National Board to initiate a strike if the
AMPTP won't reach a fair deal with the
union. The current SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical
Contracts expire at midnight on June 30,
2023.
"The strike
authorization votes have been tabulated
and the membership joined their elected
leadership and negotiating committee in
favor of strength and solidarity. I'm
proud of all of you who voted as well as
those who were vocally supportive, even if
unable to vote. Everyone played a part in
this achievement," said SAG-AFTRA
President Fran Drescher. "Together we lock
elbows and in unity we build a new
contract that honors our contributions in
this remarkable industry, reflects the new
digital and streaming business model and
brings ALL our concerns for protections
and benefits into the now! Bravo
SAG-AFTRA, we are in it to win it."
"I could not be
more pleased with this response from the
membership. This overwhelming yes vote is
a clear statement that it's time for an
evolution in this contract. As we enter
what may be one of the most consequential
negotiations in the union's history,
inflation, dwindling residuals due to
streaming, and generative AI all threaten
actors' ability to earn a livelihood if
our contracts are not adapted to reflect
the new realities. This strike
authorization means we enter our
negotiations from a position of strength,
so that we can deliver the deal our
members want and deserve," said SAG-AFTRA
National Executive Director and Chief
Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
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National Board Unanimously Agrees to Send
Strike Authorization Vote to
Members
LOS
ANGELES (May 17, 2023) -- In
anticipation of the union's forthcoming
TV/Theatrical Contract negotiations with
the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers (AMPTP), which begin
June 7, the SAG-AFTRA National Board
agreed unanimously to recommend that its
members vote to authorize a strike. An
affirmative vote does not mean a strike
would necessarily happen, but it would
allow the National Board to call one if
deemed necessary during the negotiations
process. The action comes following a
unanimous agreement by the TV/Theatrical
negotiating committee that the strike
authorization would give the union maximum
bargaining leverage as it enters this
round of negotiations with the AMPTP.
SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160,000
entertainment and media professionals.
"For the first time
in a very long time, our member leadership
stands in solidarity at the negotiating
committee and the National Board levels on
moving forward with a strike
authorization. We must get all our ducks
in a row should the need present itself,
said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher.
"The prospect of a strike is not a first
option, but a last resort. As my dad
always says, 'Better to have and not need
than to need and not have!' Therefore, I
implore eligible members to follow the
leads of both the negotiating committee
and the National Board with an
unprecedented show of solidarity and make
three a charm with an emphatic 'yes' for a
strike authorization vote!"
SAG-AFTRA National
Executive Director and Chief Negotiator
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland explained, "Strike
authorization sends an important message
during the negotiations process. A 'yes'
vote gives the National Board the power to
call a strike if the AMPTP does not
negotiate fairly in our upcoming
bargaining. This will be a seminal
negotiation that will determine the future
of what it means to be a working
performer. We must be ready to fight to
secure a meaningful deal for our
members."
Earning a living as
a professional performer has become
increasingly difficult, with both
inflation and the streaming ecosystem
undercutting compensation -- all the
while, corporate profits and executive pay
at studios continue to rise. Add to this
the unregulated use of artificial
intelligence and the burdens of the
industrywide shift to self-tape, the
outlook for working actors becomes
unsustainable without transformative
change.
A successful strike
authorization vote doesn't initiate a
strike. Instead, the strike authorization
permits the National Board to declare a
strike if the studios and streaming
companies fail to negotiate fairly with
SAG-AFTRA for the benefit of its
members.
Postcards will be
sent to eligible members on Thursday, May
18 with instructions on how to vote, and
voting will close at 5 p.m. PT on Monday,
June 5.
The current
SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Agreement expires
at midnight on June 30, 2023.
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WGA Writers Strike
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Cruise down the Danube river at NATPE
Budapest June 10 -
22
Central and Eastern
Europe's most established market featuring
the US studios.
With nearly 400 regional buyers in
attendance, NATPE Budapest is the go-to
content marketplace for distributors,
streamers and acquisition executives.
TV2 Media Group CEO
Pavel Stantchev will take to the main
stage at NATPE Budapest in June to give
the keynote presentation.
NATPE Budapest will
once again feature a nighttime cruise,
down the Danube River, reviving a popular
tradition that used to be a networking
mainstay of the market.
Delegations from
the Organization of Ukrainian Producers
(OUP), Spain's ICEX and the Independent
Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) in the
US will be attending this year's most
prominent global TV market focused on the
CEE and EMEA regions, taking place from
June 19 to 22.
Created in March
2022 in response to the Russian army's
full-scale invasion of Ukraine, OUP's
mission is to create documentary and
fiction projects about Russian military
aggression in Ukraine, supporting movie
professionals in hard times and bringing
personal stories of living through this
conflict to the world.
The Independent
Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
supports, protects and advances the global
independent film and television industry.
Its membership includes more than 140
companies from 23 countries.
The event will
continue its longstanding tradition of
presenting screenings hosted by some of
the global TV industry's biggest players.
US studios including A+E Networks
International, Paramount Global
Distribution and Sony Pictures
Television are already on board to
showcase their newest programming.
NATPE Budapest will
also be home to a growing contingent of
exhibitors with content to sell and new
projects to finance. More than 60 are
already signed up to do business on its
market floor and meeting suites, including
its newest
exhibitors StudioCanal, Warner
Bros. International Television
Distribution and Warner Bros.
International Television Production,
joining other industry heavyweights such
as Entertainment One, FOX Entertainment,
Fremantle, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal Global
Distribution, Paramount Global
Distribution and Sony Pictures
Television.
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106- LA
county officials open the regional
connector Transit
prospect

Gary Sunkin
(TVInews) and Stepanie Wiggins (CEO,
Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
Ms Wiggins told TVI that she has been
waiting for this opening for many
years.
LOS ANGELES
- June 16, 2023 - When Metro's Rgional
Connector opens today it will makes it
easier to ride across LA County as
passengers will be able to travel from
Azusa to Long Beach, East LA to Santa
Monica and through downtown LA all on one
train. With the opening there will no
longer be an L (Gold) Line in the Metro
system.
Hundreds of
commters, office workers and Metro
employees gathered at the Little TokyoArts
District station for the noon opening.
With the opening of
Metro's Regional Connector, The
transportation agency is offering free
rides all weekend to celebrate. The
project, which has taken roughly $1.8
billion and nearly a decade to complete,
is expected to shave off a chunk of
commuting time for Metro riders and
provide them with a seamless one-seat
ride.
In 2008, the Metro
Board of Directors included initial
funding for the Regional Connector in the
Measure R sales tax ballot measure, which
was approved by L.A. County voters. The
project was also funded by approximately
$1 billion in federal grants and loans, as
well as bonds from the state's high-speed
rail project.
The project
includes three new underground stations
and extends from the L Line (Gold) in
Little Tokyo and Arts District communities
to the A (Blue) and E (Expo) Lines at 7th
Street/Metro Center Station. The project
will combine the A, E and L Lines into two
rail lines -- the new A and E Lines.
Metro officials,
state leaders and others gathered to
celebrate the grand opening at a ceremony
at the Japanese American National Museum
in Little Tokyo.
As part of the
transit agency's celebration, Metro will
offer free rides on all trains, buses,
Metro Bike and Metro Micro through the
weekend. Commuters will be able to take
advantage until 3 a.m. Monday.
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115-The
Palm Springs International Film Festival
takes place June 20 -
25
The
Palm Springs International Film Festival
is one of the largest film festivals in
North America, welcoming over thousands of
attendees each year for its lineup of new
and celebrated international features and
documentaries.
The
Festival is also known for its annual Film
Awards Gala, honoring the best
achievements of the filmic year by a
celebrated list of talents.
Produced
by the Palm Springs International Film
Society, the Festival offers events and
film screenings featuring films from 60+
countries.
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Gala
screenings
The festival opened Wednesday evening with
the North American premiere of "Kiss the
Future," a documentary produced by Matt
Damon and Ben Affleck about how artists
and musicians formed an underground
community of resistance during the siege
of Sarajevo in the 1990s, and the 1997 U2
concert celebrating the liberation of the
Bosnian capital.
"We
are grateful to the people of Sarajevo and
to U2 for giving us the opportunity to
help tell this special story," Damon said
in a statement. "Though this event
happened almost 30 years ago, we feel it
has strong relevance to today's world,
serving as a powerful reminder that human
creativity can provide a powerful antidote
to even the most horrific of
situations."
In a separate statement after the
selection was announced, U2's Bono said,
"We know U2's marquee is helpful in
getting the lives of these local heroes to
a wider audience, but even at my most
puffed up I couldn't have imagined our
tiny role being given so much care,
attention and screen time by
[director] Nenad Cicin-Sain. If
defiance is
the essence of romance,
then the people of Sarajevo
are the most romantic
figures. Viva Sarajevo!"
The
festival will also feature world premiere
gala screenings of documentaries about
Carlos Santana (Carlos), Cyndi Lauper (Let
the Canary Sing) and French Montana (For
Khadija, executive produced by Drake and
Diddy), with performances by each artist
after the screening of their respective
documentary. And Megan Thee Stallion will
participate in a live conversation.
The
closing night marks the 30th anniversary
of Robert De Niro's directorial debut with
a screening of a restored version of "A
Bronx Tale," starring De Niro and Chazz
Palminteri, adapted from Palminteri's
one-man play (June 17). The screening is
followed by a conversation with De Niro,
Palminteri, producer Jane Rosenthal, and
The New Yorker's David Remnick.
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Diane von Furstenberg to keynote Tribeca
Film
Festival
This year's
program, taking place Wed June 7 - Sunday
June 18, will include a keynote from Diane
von Furstenberg, Founder and Co-Chairwoman
of DVF, in conversation with comedian Seth
Meyers about the origins of her namesake
company, her predictions for the fashion
industry, and her advice for a younger
generation of women entrepreneurs. In
another keynote conversation, leaders at
two iconic American companies, General
Electric Global Chief Marketing Officer
Linda Boff and General Motors Senior Vice
President of Strategy and Innovation Alan
Wexler will discuss how both
experimentation and data-driven insights
impact their brand narratives, what role
corporate social responsibility plays in
business, and how they leverage the power
of storytelling to inform consumers during
their companies' moments of historic
transformation.
During
a career of nearly five decades, Diane von
Furstenberg has exhibited an expert level
of staying power through savviness and
adaptation. From building a fashion brand
from scratch to pivoting to QVC and
relaunching her company to engaging a new
generation of women in the digital age,
her personal brand and businesses have
flourished, achieving global popularity
and recognition. Her philanthropic work
has empowered women all over the world and
her charitable donations have reshaped New
York City's landscape for the better.
In a conversation
with Seth Meyers, von Furstenberg will
speak on the origins of her namesake
company, her predictions for the fashion
industry, and her advice for a younger
generation of women entrepreneurs.
Diane von
Furstenberg is a fashion designer,
philanthropist, author, and Founder and
Co-Chairwoman. In 1974, she created the
iconic wrap dress, which became a symbol
of power and independence for women and
grew into a global brand. Diane has
received a vast array of accolades;
Lifetime Achievement Away from the CFDA,
named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential
People, inducted into the National Women's
Hall of Fame, Chevalier de la
Légion D'Honneur from France and
Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne from
her native Belgium. Most recently, she
received the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Woman of Leadership Award for her
remarkable leadership and dedication to
women. She currently serves on the boards
of Vital Voices, and the CFDA.
Seth Meyers
is an Emmy Award-winning writer, New York
Times bestselling author and host of
NBC's
"Late Night with Seth Meyers." Meyers
began his TV career with "Saturday Night
Live" in 2001, where he was a cast member
for 13 seasons. He served as head writer
for nine seasons and "Weekend Update"
anchor for eight. In 2019, he released his
debut standup special, "Lobby Baby," on
Netflix. Meyers executive produces
Peacock's "The Amber Ruffin Show," IFC's
"Documentary Now!," and in total has
garnered 27 Emmy nominations. His
children's book, "I'm Not Scared, You're
Scared," was released in March
2022.
Tribeca Festival
also announced the official selections for
the 2023 Tribeca X Award, which celebrates
the best-in-class projects of the year in
five categories: Feature Film, Short Film,
Series, Immersive, and Audio. Brands
represented include A&W, Adobe,
Amazon, Atlassian, Bulgari, Common
Citizen, Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace,
Gjenge Makers, Google, Indeed, John Deere,
Kawai, MIT Solve, Motown Records UK -
Chivas, Panasonic, Room to Read, Sony AI,
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Square,
Tracksmith and PUMA, U.S. Bank, Novo
Nordisk and Verizon. Selected projects
will be available to screen on
Tribecafilm.com starting June 7.
The Festival was
founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal,
and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the
economic and cultural revitalization of
lower Manhattan following the attacks on
the World Trade Center. The annual Tribeca
Festival will celebrate its 22nd year from
June 7&endash;18, 2023 in New York
City.
In 2019, James
Murdoch's Lupa Systems bought a majority
stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing
together Rosenthal, De Niro, and Murdoch
to grow the enterprise.
The 2023 Tribeca
Festival is presented by OKX and with the
support of our partners: AT&T,
Audible, Black Women on Boards, CHANEL,
City National Bank, Diageo, Easterseals
Disability Services, Expensify, Indeed,
NYC Mayor's Office of Media and
Entertainment, National CineMedia,
Novartis, ServiceNow, Spring Studios New
York, The Wall Street Journal, Tubi, and
Variety.
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Playhouse will receive the 2023 Regional
Theatre
Tony
Award

The Pasadena
Playhouse, the State Theatre of
California, is only the second Los Angeles
institution to earn the honor
The prize, which
includes a $25,000 grant, will be
presented at the 76th Tony Awards on June
11 in New York.
Since the Writers
Guild of America agreed to not picket the
event, thus allowing the televised
broadcast to proceed in a revised
form.
The Mark Taper
Forum, was the first L.A. theater to
receive the Regional Theatre Tony in 1977.
Additional Southern California recipients
are the Old Globe in 1984, South Coast
Repertory in 1988 and La Jolla Playhouse
in 1993.
The
Pasadena Play House
doesn't lack the experiences of various
crisis. In 2010 it was close to shutting
down when most of the staff was laid off
and the rreminder of the season cancelle
while filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Rescued by the generous donors, the
theater was back when producing artistic
director Danny Feldman was appointed to
succeed long-term artistic director
Sheldon Epps in 2016.
Founded in 1917 by
Gilmor Brown, a resourceful theater
enthusiast, Pasadena Playhouse began as a
community theater. Early success inspired
more than a thousand community members to
buy the land at 39 S. El Molino Ave., on
which a state-of-the-art theater was
planned. In 1925, the attractive
Spanish Colonial Revival building, now
included in the National Register of
Historic Places, opened its doors
Under Brown's
leadership, the theater drew attention
through its programming ambition
In 1928, Brown
formally established a school of theater
arts, which quickly built a national
reputation as young Hollywood hopefuls
flocked from across the country to break
into the movie industry. Notable alumni
from the school's extensive history
include Eve Arden, Gene Hackman, Dustin
Hoffman, Sally Struthers, Jo Anne Worley,
Robert Preston, Mako, Raymond Burr and
Jamie Farr.
After Brown died in
1960, the Playhouse began to stall. The
Taper's emergence in 1967 created a new
cultural center of gravity and the rise of
university drama departments eroded the
Playhouse's enrollment. The Pasadena
Playhouse finally went dark in 1969. But
resurrection would not be denied even if
it took almost two decades.
By 1986, the
theater, which had been purchased by the
city of Pasadena, was back in business.
The main stage was humming again.
The
last few years brought an unexpected
challenge with a once-in-a-century
pandemic closing the Playhouse for 20
months. The challenges remain formidable,
but the theater seems finally on secure
footing.
However, this year
saw one of the biggest initiatives in its
history launched -- the Sondheim
Celebration, a six-month-long festival in
honor of the Broadway lyricist and
composer who died in 2021.
Survival of the
Pasadena Play Playhas has been
touch-and-go but now brought a welcome
prize, The Tony Award.
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Cincinnati Music Festival back to the
Cincinnati
Riverfront
By
Mark
Anderson
(Television
Int'l Magazine)

2023
represents The Festival's 59th year of
bringing top R&B talent to Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Music Festival will take
place July 20 -
22.
Originally
called the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival when
it was first held in 1962, the Cincinnati
Music Festival has grown and evolved into
a spectacular three-day event on
Cincinnati's riverfront. Starting out as
an all-jazz concert, over the years it has
grown into a three-day festival featuring
great music from the hottest stars in
R&B, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, as well
as up and coming artists. Past performers
include Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington,
Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Gerald
Levert, Patti Labelle, New Edition, Earth
Wind and Fire, Lakeside, Whitney Houston,
Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson and many
others
By
the year 2000, the festival was the
largest of its kind in the United States,
drawing more than 50,000 people annually
from all across the country. The festival
has been held at various sites through its
nearly 60 year history, including French
Lick Indiana, the Carthage Fairgrounds,
and the Hamilton County Fairgrounds before
landing at its current home in Paycor
Stadium on Cincinnati's river
front.
Accompanied by a street festival dubbed
Festival 513, the Cincinnati Music
Festival has an estimated annual economic
output of $107 million, according to the
Greater Cincinnati Center for Economic
Education at the University of Cincinnati.
2015 marked the first of many years in
partnership with Cincinnati based global
company P&G.
The Cincinnati
Music Festival Presented by P&G is
co-promoted by The Santangelo Group and
Ohio Valley Entertainment. 2023 represents
The Festival's 59th year of bringing top
R&B talent to Cincinnati.
About
The Santangelo Group:
The Santangelo Group, led by Owner Joe
Santangelo, has promoted or co-promoted
the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paul
Brown Stadium since 2005. Prior to
that, they promoted the Festival as the
Coors Light Music Festival, the Kool Jazz
Festival and the Ohio Valley Music
Festival stretching back to 1962. In
addition to the Cincinnati Festival in
Cincinnati, The Santangelo Group promotes
the Hampton Jazz Festival in Hampton,
VA.
About
Ohio Valley Entertainment (OVE):
OVE is an entertainment company created to
co-promote the Macy's Festival in 2006. In
addition to its involvement in the
Cincinnati Festival, OVE has promoted
other events at Paul Brown Stadium
including the 2012 Kenny Chesney/Tim
McGraw "Brothers of the Sun" tour.
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Neighborhood Activations: May 24-27,
2023
Public Tours & Expo: May 26-29,
2023
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LA Fleet Week at Port of Los Angeles is
South California's largest Memorial Day
Event
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By
Gary Sunkin (Television International
Magazine)
LA Fleet
Week® is an annual, multi-day
celebration of our nation's Sea Services
held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of
Los Angeles over the extended Memorial Day
Weekend. Events include:
Active duty ship tours
Military displays and equipment
demonstrations
Live entertainment
Neighborhood Activations including
San Pedro, Hollywood, Downtown L.A.,
Venice, Brea,
and Wilmington
Downtown San Pedro and Wilmington
Welcome Parties
Aircraft flyovers
Galley Wars presented by FOX
Entertainment -culinary cook-off
competition between Navy,
Marine Corps,
Coast Guard, and Army teams
Competitions including Dodgeball
presented by FOX Studios
Military band performances across
L.A.
Lots of fun
for the entire family. And best of all,
the weekend event is FREE to the general
public!
LA Fleet
Week is not only a fun public event, but
also facilitates numerous symposiums,
exercises, and outreaches focused on
community resiliency, disaster
preparedness, and support for area
residents.Learn
more by clicking here.

G. Sunkin (TVI ) with
LAPD bomb robot
THE
SHIPS
USCGC
Terrell Horne
Based in San Pedro,
California, fast response cutter Terrell
Horne is the third of four planned FRCs to
be stationed in the Port of Los
Angeles.
Chief Petty Officer
Terrell Horne III, the cutter's namesake,
served as executive petty officer of Coast
Guard Cutter Halibut. He was mortally
injured while conducting maritime law
enforcement operations near Santa Cruz
Island, California, on Dec. 2,
2012.
FRCs are replacing
the 1980s-era Island-class 110-foot patrol
boats and are designed for multiple
missions, including drug and migrant
interdictions; ports, waterways and
coastal security; fishery patrols; search
and rescue; and national defense. They can
reach a maximum speed of more than 28
knots and have an endurance of at least
five days.
NOTE: USCGC Terrell Horne will
be located in the Downtown Harbor just
south of the main LA Fleet Week EXPO
footprint, between the fire station and
the LA Maritime Museum.

USS Cincinnati
The
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20)
Class and Type: Independence-class
littoral combat ship (LCS)
It was designed to
provide the Navy with modern, sea-based
platforms that are networked,
survivable, and built to operate with 21st
century transformational platforms.
The ship is
equipped with Rolling Airframe Missile
(RAM) protection from air threats,
features improved nuclear blast and
fragmentation protection and a
shock-hardened structure.
The fiber-optic shipboard-wide area
network (SWAN) allows "plug in and fight"
configuration, updating and replacing
hardware more easily when newer technology
becomes available.
Length: 418 ft
Beam: 104 ft
Draft: 14 ft
Displacement: 2784 tons (full)
Speed: 40+ knots

USS
PRINCETON
The USS
PRINCETON (CG-59)
Class and Type: Ticonderoga-class cruiser
(CG)
USS Princeton (CG 59) is the
13th Ticonderoga-class guided-missile
cruiser and the sixth U.S. Navy ship to
bear the name of Princeton. The ship has
completed three deployments to the Arabian
Gulf and won two consecutive Battle
Efficiency Awards in
1992-1993. Princeton was the
first Ticonderoga-class cruiser to carry
the upgraded AN/SPY-1B radar system.
Length: 567 ft.
Beam: 55
ft.
Draft: 34 ft.
Displacement: 9,800 tons (full load)
Speed: 32.5 kts.
Crew: 24 Officers 340 Enlisted
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LA
Memorial
Day
What
we now refer to as Memorial Day began as
Decoration Day just after the Civil War in
1868. It was established as a day to
remember the war dead by decorating their
graves with flowers. The North and The
South originally observed Decoration Day
on different days until the mid-20th
century when the last Monday of the month
was chosen to honor all Americans who died
while serving in the
military.

Fellow
Americans, It's Gary Sinise
here
You
may know me from my roles in movies
like Apollo 13 and The
Green Mile or the CBS television
series CSI NY -- but it was in 1994 and
playing the role of Lt. Dan
in Forrest Gump, that my life changed
and inspired my enduring connection to our
defenders, veterans, and first
responders.
This
year, I'm honored to again serve as an
Honorary Grand Marshal for the National
Memorial Day Parade in Washington,
D.C.
The National
Memorial Day Parade is an event like no
other
and this year, the American
Veterans Center is bringing it BACK in
full force, with 5,000+ participants
marching down Constitution Avenue before a
crowd of 250,000+ in-person, as well as
T.V. broadcast that reaches 100 million
households around the
country.
Fellow
American, the National Memorial Day Parade
is PRIMARILY FUNDED by private
contributions, including from generous
Americans like you. Will you help chip in
today to help support the Parade with a
gift of $25, $50, $75, $150, or
more?
Support
the National Memorial Day Parade
When the
American Veterans Center first called me
18 years ago and invited me to the
National Memorial Day Parade, I was
honored to join the event to remember our
fallen heroes.
The American
Veterans Center revived the Parade in 2005
after it had been dormant for nearly 70
years. And this year, they're bringing the
Parade back better than ever.
Every
American should be proud that generations
of our brave servicemen and servicewomen,
from the last of our "Greatest Generation"
heroes of World War II to our veterans
from Afghanistan and Iraq, will get the
public thanks for their service that they
deserve this year.
But I know
that the defenders and families of the
fallen who will join me in the National
Memorial Day Parade will be thinking of
their friends and loved ones who made the
ultimate sacrifice for our country -- the
brave Americans we honor on Memorial
Day.
Sadly,
our country is losing hundreds of World
War II veterans each day, so the mission
of the National Memorial Day Parade
is more important now than
ever -- as this year's event may be
the LAST opportunity for our WWII heroes
to commemorate their friends who never
came home.
Please
make your most generous contribution of
$25, $50, $75, $150, $250, $500, to
support the National Memorial Day Parade
and make it the tribute that our nation's
heroes deserve.
Support
the National Memorial Day Parade
The National
Memorial Day Parade costs a fraction of
other major public events to put on each
year. In fact, the entire
parade costs about as much as just
THREE balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade or TWO floats in the Rose Bowl
Parade!
That
means that every dollar that's contributed
by a generous American like you makes a
difference for this important
event.
Your support
of the American Veterans Center not only
helps the Parade, but also supports great
programs like:
Recording hundreds of oral histories of
veterans from World War II to today before
we lose these stories forever.
Holding our National Youth Summit which
allows young students a chance to hear
firsthand from veterans from WWII, Korea,
and Vietnam.
Producing veteran-focused T.V.
documentaries and specials that remind
Americans of the price of our
freedom.
Please
join me in support of the National
Memorial Day Parade with a gift of $25,
$50, $75, $150, $250, $500, or more right
now.
But no
matter how much you can give to this
important cause, I want to ask something
additional of you.
On Memorial
Day -- this year and every year -- please
join me in honoring those who made the
ultimate sacrifice for our
freedoms.
Come to the
National Memorial Day Parade in D.C. Visit
a local veterans' cemetery. Send a note to
a family of the fallen. Or simply take a
quiet moment to think about the men and
women who gave their lives to defend OUR
country.
I believe
while we can never do enough to express
our gratitude to our defenders, veterans,
and first responders, we can always do a
little more.
Fellow
American, thank you for your support of
America's heroes, and please
-- if
you're able, make a gift to help fund the
National Memorial Day Parade right
now.
Sincerely,
Gary Sinise
Honorary Grand Marshal
National Memorial Day Parade

Support
the National Memorial Day Parade
The mission of the
American Veterans Center and the World War
II Veterans Committee is to preserve and
promote the legacy and experiences of
America's veterans and active duty service
personnel from World War II through
today.
A non-profit
educational organization, the AVC and
WWIIVC are funded solely through generous
contributions from people like you. All
contributions are
tax-deductible.
© American
Veterans Center
1100 N.
Glebe
Road Suite 910, Arlington, VA
22201
Memorial
Day Concert
WASHINGTON,
DC --
PBS will broadcast the
National Memorial Day Concert live from
Washington, D.C. on Sunday, May 28, 2023
at 8:00 p.m. ET on the West Lawn of the US
Capitol. This will be the 34th year the
annual all-star event honors the men and
women who served in the U.S. armed forces,
as well as their families and those who
sacrificed their lives for their
country.

Emmy
Award-winner Gary Sinis and Tony
Award-winner Joe Mantegna, who have
dedicated themselves to supporting the
troops and veterans' causes, will be
hosting once again. The concert will
also
feature special appearances and
performances with the National Symphony
Orchestra.
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Michael Douglas to receive Honorary Palme
d'or at the 76th Festival de
Cannes
" It is always
a breath of fresh air to be at Cannes,
which has long provided a wonderful
platform for bold creators, artistic
audacities and excellence in storytelling.
From my first time here in 1979
for "The China Syndrome" to my
most recent premiere for "Behind the
Candelabra" in 2013, the Festival has
always reminded me that magic of cinema is
not just in what we see onscreen but in
its ability to impact people all around
the world. After more than 50 years in the
business, it's an honor to return to the
Croisette to open the Festival and embrace
our shared global language of film."
Michael Douglas
32nd Festival de
Cannes, time to walk up those red carpet
Steps. Michael Douglas arrived for the
first time on the Croisette. He was with
actors Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon, as well
as director James Bridges for the
presentation of "The China Syndrome."
Thirteen years later, in 1992, the
sulphurous "Basic Instinct," by Paul
Verhoeven was presented in Competition.
Shaking up the thriller genre, the film
was the talk of the Croisette: it
propelled Sharon Stone to the rank of
international icon and confirmed the power
of Michael Douglas' talent. In 1993, Joel
Schumacher's Falling Down was
presented in Competition, for the American
actor's third participation at the
Festival.
Michael Douglas
will receive the Palme d'or d'honneur at
the 76th Festival de Cannes, in
recognition of his brilliant career as
well as his engagement for cinema. The
Festival de Cannes will pay a tribute to
him during the Opening Ceremony
broadcasted live on France 2 and
internationally on
Brut. Tuesday, May
16.
He reappeared on
the Steps only 20 years later,
with "Behind the Candelabra" by
Steven Soderbergh. Transformed, moving and
at the apex of his art, Michael Douglas
played the famous singer and pianist
Liberace. But his history with the
Festival de Cannes began long before all
this, through his father, Kirk Douglas, a
lover of France and its cinema. The latter
had marked the history of the Festival by
presiding over the Jury in 1980. With the
strength of his conviction and his
character, he awarded the Palme d'Or to
Akira Kurosawa and to Bob Fosse
for "Kagemusha and All That
Jazz."
Michael Douglas has
inherited his father's love for motion
pictures, the kind of love that gives
faith in the power of a film and spurs the
desire to defend it body and
soul. "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest" by Milo Forman is proof of
this; it is his first production in
collaboration with Saul Zaentz and it gave
him 9 Oscar nominations and the film was
awarded Best Picture in 1975.
Michael Douglas has
worked as an actor with the greatest in
the industry, such as Robert Zemeckis
in "Romancing the Stone" (1984),
Ridley Scott in "Black
Rain" (1989) or Barry Levinson
in "Disclosure" (1994). With
Oliver Stone, he won the Oscar for Best
Actor in 1987 for his portrayal of Gordon
Gekko, a greedy New York broker
in "Wall Street." The
sequel, "Wall Street: Money Never
Sleeps" was screened Out of
Competition at the 63rd Festival de
Cannes.
In addition to his
valuable contribution to cinema, Michael
Douglas advocates multiple causes. In his
capacity as a United Nations Messenger of
Peace, he has been committed to nuclear
disarmament across the world since 1998
and he has also been a longstanding
advocate of gun control in the United
States.
To complete the
tribute to Michael Douglas, a previously
unreleased documentary by Amine Mestari,
produced by Folamour with the support of
Ciné+ and soon to be broadcast on
Arte, will be shown on the Festival site
for two days, from Sunday May 14 at 6pm to
Tuesday May 16 at 6pm.
This special
documentary MICHAEL DOUGLAS, THE PRODIGAL
SON shows how Michael, an actor and
producer like his father Kirk, had to
embrace their resemblance throughout his
remarkable career in order to assert his
difference. The time to learn how to
become Michael when your name is
Douglas.
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115-The
Cincinnati Music Festival back to the
Cincinnati
Riverfront
By
Mark
Anderson
(Television
Int'l Magazine)
2023
represents The Festival's 59th year of
bringing top R&B talent to Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Music Festival will take
place July 20 -
22.
Originally
called the Ohio Valley Jazz Festival when
it was first held in 1962, the Cincinnati
Music Festival has grown and evolved into
a spectacular three-day event on
Cincinnati's riverfront. Starting out as
an all-jazz concert, over the years it has
grown into a three-day festival featuring
great music from the hottest stars in
R&B, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, as well
as up and coming artists. Past performers
include Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington,
Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Gerald
Levert, Patti Labelle, New Edition, Earth
Wind and Fire, Lakeside, Whitney Houston,
Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson and many
others
By
the year 2000, the festival was the
largest of its kind in the United States,
drawing more than 50,000 people annually
from all across the country. The festival
has been held at various sites through its
nearly 60 year history, including French
Lick Indiana, the Carthage Fairgrounds,
and the Hamilton County Fairgrounds before
landing at its current home in Paycor
Stadium on Cincinnati's river
front.
Accompanied by a street festival dubbed
Festival 513, the Cincinnati Music
Festival has an estimated annual economic
output of $107 million, according to the
Greater Cincinnati Center for Economic
Education at the University of Cincinnati.
2015 marked the first of many years in
partnership with Cincinnati based global
company P&G.
The Cincinnati
Music Festival Presented by P&G is
co-promoted by The Santangelo Group and
Ohio Valley Entertainment. 2023 represents
The Festival's 59th year of bringing top
R&B talent to Cincinnati.
About
The Santangelo Group:
The Santangelo Group, led by Owner Joe
Santangelo, has promoted or co-promoted
the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paul
Brown Stadium since 2005. Prior to
that, they promoted the Festival as the
Coors Light Music Festival, the Kool Jazz
Festival and the Ohio Valley Music
Festival stretching back to 1962. In
addition to the Cincinnati Festival in
Cincinnati, The Santangelo Group promotes
the Hampton Jazz Festival in Hampton,
VA.
About
Ohio Valley Entertainment (OVE):
OVE is an entertainment company created to
co-promote the Macy's Festival in 2006. In
addition to its involvement in the
Cincinnati Festival, OVE has promoted
other events at Paul Brown Stadium
including the 2012 Kenny Chesney/Tim
McGraw "Brothers of the Sun" tour.
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TVInews attends
Electrify Expo


Gary Sunkin (TVInews) - Photo
By: Cody Lopez
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Electrify Expo is the one-stop shop to
kick the tires on all things
electric
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By
Gary Sunkin (Television Int'l
Magazine)
Electrify Expo will
take place May 20-21, 2023 at the Long
Beach Convention Center.
It is North
America's largest electric vehicle
festival. Attendees at this year's
Electrify Expo will ride, drive and demo
the world's top electric cars and trucks
alongside electric motorcycles, e-bikes,
e-scooters, e-skateboards and more.
In addition to
automakers, Long Beach attendees will
experience exciting e-bike, e-scooter, and
other micromobility products from one to
four wheels from top brands.
Press Day for
Electrify Industry Day happens on May 19.
It's an event for networking with EV and
micromobility professionals and discussing
the latest trends, analysis, and insights
during a full day of programming and brand
engagement.
Speakers and
panelists include industry mega-minds from
Ford, Walmart, Hyundai, MotorTrend, the
EPA and more!
Attendees at this
year's Electrify Expo rode, drove and
demostrated the world's top electric cars
and trucks alongside electric motorcycles,
e-bikes, e-scooters, and e-skateboards.
Including:
BMW: i7, iX
xDrive50, iX M60, i4 eDrive 35, i4 eDrive
40, i4 M50
Chrysler: Pacifica Hybrid
Ford: Mach E, F150 Lightning
Kia: EV9 and EV6
Mitsubishi: Outlander PHEV
Tesla: Models S, 3, X, Y
Toyota: Rav4 Prime, Prius, Tundra
Hybrid, bZrx, Mirai
Volvo: All-electric XC40 Recharge
and C40 Recharge;
Plug-in Hybrid XC60
Recharge and XC90
RechargeVolkswagen: ID.4
Plus other
micromobility products from one to four
wheels from top brands including:
Cake
GIANT
NIU
Onewheel
Ryvid Motorcycles
Stacyc
And so many more!
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Cruise down the Danube river at NATPE
Budapest June 10 -
22
Central and Eastern
Europe's most established market featuring
the US studios.
With nearly 400 regional buyers in
attendance, NATPE Budapest is the go-to
content marketplace for distributors,
streamers and acquisition executives.
TV2 Media Group CEO
Pavel Stantchev will take to the main
stage at NATPE Budapest in June to give
the keynote presentation.
NATPE Budapest will
once again feature a nighttime cruise,
down the Danube River, reviving a popular
tradition that used to be a networking
mainstay of the market.
Delegations from
the Organization of Ukrainian Producers
(OUP), Spain's ICEX and the Independent
Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) in the
US will be attending this year's most
prominent global TV market focused on the
CEE and EMEA regions, taking place from
June 19 to 22.
Created in March
2022 in response to the Russian army's
full-scale invasion of Ukraine, OUP's
mission is to create documentary and
fiction projects about Russian military
aggression in Ukraine, supporting movie
professionals in hard times and bringing
personal stories of living through this
conflict to the world.
The Independent
Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
supports, protects and advances the global
independent film and television industry.
Its membership includes more than 140
companies from 23 countries.
The event will
continue its longstanding tradition of
presenting screenings hosted by some of
the global TV industry's biggest players.
US studios including A+E Networks
International, Paramount Global
Distribution and Sony Pictures
Television are already on board to
showcase their newest programming.
NATPE Budapest will
also be home to a growing contingent of
exhibitors with content to sell and new
projects to finance. More than 60 are
already signed up to do business on its
market floor and meeting suites, including
its newest
exhibitors StudioCanal, Warner
Bros. International Television
Distribution and Warner Bros.
International Television Production,
joining other industry heavyweights such
as Entertainment One, FOX Entertainment,
Fremantle, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal Global
Distribution, Paramount Global
Distribution and Sony Pictures
Television.
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101-SAG-AFTRA
National Board Unanimously Agrees to Send
Strike Authorization Vote to
Members
LOS
ANGELES (May 17, 2023) -- In
anticipation of the union's forthcoming
TV/Theatrical Contract negotiations with
the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers (AMPTP), which begin
June 7, the SAG-AFTRA National Board
agreed unanimously to recommend that its
members vote to authorize a strike. An
affirmative vote does not mean a strike
would necessarily happen, but it would
allow the National Board to call one if
deemed necessary during the negotiations
process. The action comes following a
unanimous agreement by the TV/Theatrical
negotiating committee that the strike
authorization would give the union maximum
bargaining leverage as it enters this
round of negotiations with the AMPTP.
SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160,000
entertainment and media professionals.
"For the first time
in a very long time, our member leadership
stands in solidarity at the negotiating
committee and the National Board levels on
moving forward with a strike
authorization. We must get all our ducks
in a row should the need present itself,
said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher.
"The prospect of a strike is not a first
option, but a last resort. As my dad
always says, 'Better to have and not need
than to need and not have!' Therefore, I
implore eligible members to follow the
leads of both the negotiating committee
and the National Board with an
unprecedented show of solidarity and make
three a charm with an emphatic 'yes' for a
strike authorization vote!"
SAG-AFTRA National
Executive Director and Chief Negotiator
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland explained, "Strike
authorization sends an important message
during the negotiations process. A 'yes'
vote gives the National Board the power to
call a strike if the AMPTP does not
negotiate fairly in our upcoming
bargaining. This will be a seminal
negotiation that will determine the future
of what it means to be a working
performer. We must be ready to fight to
secure a meaningful deal for our
members."
Earning a living as
a professional performer has become
increasingly difficult, with both
inflation and the streaming ecosystem
undercutting compensation -- all the
while, corporate profits and executive pay
at studios continue to rise. Add to this
the unregulated use of artificial
intelligence and the burdens of the
industrywide shift to self-tape, the
outlook for working actors becomes
unsustainable without transformative
change.
A successful strike
authorization vote doesn't initiate a
strike. Instead, the strike authorization
permits the National Board to declare a
strike if the studios and streaming
companies fail to negotiate fairly with
SAG-AFTRA for the benefit of its
members.
Postcards will be
sent to eligible members on Thursday, May
18 with instructions on how to vote, and
voting will close at 5 p.m. PT on Monday,
June 5.
The current
SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Agreement expires
at midnight on June 30, 2023.
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Day Eight of WGA
Writers Strike
Photo by Gary Sunkin (Television Int'l
Magazine)
WGA
negotiations fail - Writers Guild strike
begins
The
board of directors of the East and West
Coast division of the WGA voted
unanimously to call a strike effective
12.01 a.m. Tuesday, May 2.
Thousands
of members were to walk picket lines after
the union was unable to reach a
last-minute agreement with the major
studios on a new three-year contract to
replace the one expiring Monday night.
The
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers said it offered "generous
increases in compensation for writers as
well as improvements in streaming
residuals."
Writers
are seeking a larger slice of the pie as
steaming has dramatically transformed the
television business. They voted by a
historic margin of 98% to 2% in favor to
grant strike authorization sought by their
leaders if the couldn't reach a deal on a
new film and TV contract on behalf of
11,500 members.
The
walkout which could last for weeks or even
months, is expected to put a halt to much
of TV and film prodction nationwide.
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Day Eight of WGA
Writers Strike in front of KTLA
Photo by Gary Sunkin (Television Int'l
Magazine)

LAS VEGAS --
April 18, 2023 -- The National Association
of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today
preliminary registered attendance of
65,013 for the 2023 NAB Show, the
centennial celebration of the world's
premiere convention for the broadcasting
media, entertainment and technology
industries.
"We are thrilled to
have so many exhibitors, attendees and
partners from around the world join us in
Las Vegas to help celebrate 100 years of
innovation. More than any other year,
everyone is filled with so much enthusiasm
and energy as they engage on the show
floor, in special sessions and throughout
the entire event," said Curtis LeGeyt, NAB
President and CEO. "We thank the NAB Show
community for helping us reflect on our
collective experience with media and
entertainment and for previewing the many
innovations we'll see within the next
hundred years."
60
MINUTES TO RECEIVE INSIGHT AWARD FROM
LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING
FOUNDATION AT 2023 NAB
SHOW

Washington, D.C. -- Venerated television
news magazine "60 Minutes" will receive
the second annual Insight Award from the
Library of American Broadcasting
Foundation (LABF) during the Welcome
Session at the 2023 NAB Show on April 17
in Las Vegas, Nev. The award recognizes
the iconic program's 55-year history of
excellence in broadcast journalism.
Reflective of
LABF's purpose, the Insight Award
recognizes an individual or organization
for an outstanding artistic or
journalistic work or body of work that
enhances the public's understanding of the
role, operation, history or impact of
media in our society. Actor, director and
educator LeVar Burton was the inaugural
recipient of the award during the 2022 NAB
Show.
Created in 1968 by
Don Hewitt and first hosted by Mike
Wallace and Harry Reasoner, "60 Minutes"
employs a magazine format of hard-hitting
investigative reports, newsmaker
interviews, feature segments and in-depth
profiles. Over the years, the program has
elevated a pantheon of broadcast
journalists into household names,
including Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl, Ed
Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Steve Kroft,
Christiane Amanpour, Scott Pelley, Bill
Whitaker and Anderson Cooper.
"60 Minutes" is the
recipient of more Emmy Awards than any
other primetime program and was honored
with a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy.
The program has also been awarded almost
every broadcast journalism honor,
including 25 Peabody awards for excellence
in television broadcasting.
Considered the most
successful broadcast in television
history, the program has finished among
Nielsen's annual top-10 highest-rated
programs for a record 23 consecutive
seasons. During the 2021-2022 season, "60
Minutes" finished as the week's top-rated
primetime broadcast seven times. Currently
in its 55th season, "60 Minutes" airs on
Sunday nights on CBS and is available for
streaming on CBSNews.com and
Paramount+.
Bill Owens,
executive producer of "60 Minutes," will
accept the award at NAB Show on behalf of
the program. Owens was named executive
producer in February 2019 after previously
serving as executive director and a senior
producer of the program for 12 years.
During his 35-year career at CBS News, he
has worked in a number of producer roles
including as senior broadcast producer for
"CBS Evening News" and as the CBS News
senior White House producer. He has
received many awards including numerous
Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Overall
Excellence Award and an Investigative
Reporters and Editors Award, to name a
few. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate
of Humane Letters by Towson University,
his alma mater, in May 2012.
"'60 Minutes' has
set the standard for broadcast journalism
during its historic run, enriching the
lives of generations of Americans with its
coverage of the events, people and stories
that shape our lives," said LABF Co-chairs
Jack Goodman, former NAB general counsel
and longtime DC-based Communications
attorney and Heidi Raphael, Beasley Media
Group Chief Communications Officer. "The
Library of American Broadcasting
Foundation is thrilled to honor '60
Minutes' with the Insight Award in
recognition of its seminal place in
television history, trailblazing legacy of
prestigious journalism and outstanding
contributions to our society."
About
the LABF
The Library of American Broadcasting
Foundation serves the philanthropic arm of
the Library of American Broadcasting, the
nation's most extensive collection of
broadcast history, policy and tradition,
including historical documents,
professional papers, oral and video
histories, books, scripts and photographs
preserved at the University of Maryland.
In addition, the LABF presents the Annual
Giants of Broadcasting Event, which pays
tribute to trailblazers in the radio and
television industry.
For
more
information,
please
visit www.tvradiolibrary.org.
About
NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters
is the premier advocacy association for
America's broadcasters. NAB advances radio
and television interests in legislative,
regulatory and public affairs. Through
advocacy, education and innovation, NAB
enables broadcasters to best serve their
communities, strengthen their businesses
and seize new opportunities in the digital
age.
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40th
Anniversary of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars:
Return of the
Jedi"
HOLLYWOOD,
Calif. - April 20, 2023 -- The El Capitan
Theatre is celebrating the 40th
Anniversary of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars:
Return of the Jedi" with an opening night
fan event and a Trilogy Day.
The Opening Night Fan Event will start at
8:00pm on Friday, April 28. Tickets are
$40 and include one assorted Funko Pop,
Popcorn, Beverage, Credentail and
Lanyard.
The trilogy screenings will take on
Saturday April 29, with "Star Wars: A New
Hope" beginning at 12pm, "Star Wars: The
Empire Strikes Back" beginning at 3:30pm,
and "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi"
beginning 7:00pm. Each screening sold
separately.
Daily showtimes for "Star Wars: Return of
the Jedi" April 28, and April 30 &endash;
May 2 are 10:00am, 1:20pm, 4:40pm and
8:00pm. Dates and showtimes are subject to
change.
The El Capitan Theatre has taken enhanced
health and safety measures for its guests
and cast members. All guests must follow
posted instructions while visiting. For
health and safety information including
theatre policies and procedures visit
https://elcapitantheatre.com/safetyinformation/
About
Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: Return of the
Jedi": 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of
one of the most beloved chapters in the
Star Wars saga, Return of the Jedi.
Released in 1983, it was the third film in
the original Star Wars trilogy, bringing
to a close &endash; at least for a time
&endash; the storylines introduced and
developed in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope
and 1980's The Empire Strikes Back. Return
of the Jedi is the film that first
featured Jabba the Hutt, the lovable
Ewoks, and one of the most poignant
moments in the entire Star Wars saga --
Vader's ultimate sacrifice to save his
son... and the galaxy. Rated
PG.
About
The El Capitan Theatre: The El Capitan
Theatre is an exclusive first-run movie
theatre equipped with state-of-the-art
technology, operated by The Walt Disney
Studios. Known as Disney's Home on
Hollywood Boulevard, the theatre also
hosts live stage shows, world premieres,
special events and screenings of classic
Disney films. In 2014, the City of Los
Angeles declared the theatre a Historical
Monument after it's restoration showcasing
the original lavish architecture.
Tickets are on sale
now at www.elcapitantickets.com and
https://www.fandango.com/el-capitan-theatre-aacon/theater-page.
All seats are reserved. Tickets are $16
for guests of all ages.
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BuzzFeed News shutting down as company
cuts
staff
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(Television Int'l
Magazine)
NEW
YORK - April 20, 2023 --
BuzzFeed News,
which won a Pulitzer Prize for its
reporting in 2021, is shutting down, due
to economic challenges facing digital
media companies attempting to deliver
serious journalism.
A memo from
BuzzFeed chief Jonah Peretti announced the
closure Thursday in a staff memo, which
also said the New York-based company is
cutting 15% of its staff.
"While layoffs are
occurring across nearly every division,
we've determined that the company can no
longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News as a
standalone organization," Peretti
said.
BuzzFeed News,
which once had as many as 250 employees,
has undergone significant staff reductions
in recent years, shrinking to a team of
about 50.
It
used to be worth $1.6 billion; no it's
down to $100 million.
BuzzFeed was
founded in 2006 and its news division
launched in 2012. It was among the early
successful online-only media sites,
continuing a model established by
Huffington Post, which BuzzFeed would
later acquire.
BuzzFeed, similard
to other online news sites, has been hit
by a deceleration in the advertising
business amid greater economic challenges.
With drops in advertising revenue, such
companies have found themselves unable to
support big staffs. Mass layoffs seem to
have become so normal.
Online news sites
have also suffered because major social
media companies, including Facebook,
changed their algorithms, giving less
focus to news publishers. Facebook's
thinking is that its users would prefer to
consume articles shared by friends. In
addition, Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter
has made that site less hospitable to news
publishers.
NPR and PBS stopped
using Twitte after receiving ''government
funded' media label.
Late
last week, Twitter labeled the radio
broadcaster as a "state-affiliated media"
organization akin to foreign propaganda
outlets such as Russia's RT and Sputnik.
The move was quickly rebuked by NPR, which
is publicly funded by listeners. NPR CEO
John Lansing called the label
"unacceptable." Twitter over the weekend
updated the label to "government-funded
media."
BuzzFeed News
earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for an
investigative series exposing China's mass
detention of Muslims.
The outlet also won
two prestigious George Polk Awards,
including for reporting how Facebook
facilitated, then failed to control,
disinformation spreading through its
users' accounts, leading to violence.
The division was
also known for publishing an infamous
dossier containing unflattering
information about former President Trump
in 2017.
BuzzFeed's content
was aimed at a younger demographic of
digital natives who embraced the company's
stories designed to get traction on social
media.
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115- MIPTV
2023 marks 60th
Jubilee
CANNES,
France -- Mip TV 2023 will mark the' 60th
jubilee scheduled for April 17 to 19, at
it usual location in the Palais des
Festival. MIP TV is Cannes's
longest-running annual television and
content marketplace tradefair.
The Spring
International Content & Co-production
is 4 Markets in One:
Billed as 'the
biggest week in unscripted television',
MIPTV features genre focused strands for
Documentary & Factual (MIPDOC),
Formats (MIPFORMATS), Drama (MIPDRAMA) and
Kids and Young Adults (Future of Kids TV).
In addition to the
MIPDOC COPRODUCTION SUMMIT, the footprints
for both MIPDOC and MIPFORMATS are
significantly expanded for the 60th
anniversary edition of MIPTV, including
the inaugural MIPDOC International Buyer
Screening Showcase for over 500 invited
buyers on the eve of the market and an
extended MIPFORMATS programme featuring
further workshops, the FRAPA summit and a
new Fresh TV Formats survey from The
WIT.
Once again running
alongside MIPTV will be international
festival CANNESERIES (14-19 April) whose
Season 6 also introduces its first
documentary selection.
Among the hundreds
of leading documentary and factual buyers
confirmed to attend the market are
representatives from A+E Networks,
Aljazeera Media Network, Amazon Studios,
American Public Television, ARTE,
CBC/Radio-Canada, Channel 4, Foxtel,
France Télévisions, Globo,
The HISTORY Channel, ITV, National
Geographic Television, Network Ten, NHK
Enterprises, PBS International, RMC
Découverte, RTE, Seven.One
Entertainment Group, Sky, SBS, TF1, Warner
Bros. Discovery.
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Writers Guild of America calls for strike
authorization
The leadership of
the Writers Guild of America is asking its
11,500 members to authorize a strike
should they fail to reach an agreement on
a new contract with the studios. The
guild's negotiators cited a lack of
progress in contract talks that began last
month.
Members of the
Writers Guild of America have voted
overwhelmingly in favor of allowing union
leadership to call a strike if talks with
Hollywood studios fail. The
strike-authorization vote passed with
97.85% of members in favor, WGA leaders
announced Monday.
Leaders of the
Writers Guild of America secured a strong
showing of support from members on Monday,
moving the union closer to a possible work
stoppage that would disrupt Hollywood
production and ripple across Southern
California's economy.
WGA members voted
by a historic margin &emdash; 98% to 2%
&emdash; (among 9,218 ballots cast) in
favor of a strike authorization, which
allows union leaders to call a walkout if
they are unable to negotiate a new film
and TV contract.
The vote, held
April 11 to 17, adds pressure to already
high-stakes negotiations between the
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers and the Writers Guild of America
over pay and conditions.
The current
three-year contract, covering about 11,500
members, expires May 1.
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101- SAG-AFTRA
Acquires Commercial Office Property in
North Hollywood, California - Site to Be
Future Home to the Union's National
Headquarters
LOS ANGELES,
(APRIL 11, 2023) - SAG-AFTRA, the nation's
largest entertainment industry union,
recently closed a deal for the purchase of
an existing commercial office building and
nearby vacant lot in North Hollywood,
California.
The property
features more than 118,000 square feet of
commercial office space and is 100
percent leased with two anchor
tenants -- Pilgrim Media Group and Screen
Engine/ASI. In total, the purchase
includes the building on 1.22 acres and a
nearby 0.71-acre vacant lot that provides
a significant development opportunity for
future office space, event facilities or
additional leasable square footage.
SAG-AFTRA was
represented by Arlene Sommer of Cushman
& Wakefield in the $46.6 million
acquisition from former owner Dr. David
Lee of Jamison Properties.
SAG-AFTRA President
Fran Drescher said, "As National
President, I began to investigate ways to
diversify our investment portfolio and was
surprised to learn we were the only
entertainment industry union to not own
our own headquarters versus paying large
rents. After multiple sessions with my ED
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and CFO Arianna
Ozzanto, it was determined that SAG-AFTRA
was now in a financially sound position to
pursue this goal. National
Secretary-Treasurer and Finance Committee
Chair Joely Fisher next took the lead in
pursuit of a worthwhile real estate
investment. She has dreamed of this day
for years and showed great determination
to complete the legacy that her mother,
former Secretary-Treasurer, Connie Stevens
began decades ago. Many thanks to this
collaborative effort for bringing our
union into this new chapter of
ownership!"
"This is a historic
milestone for our union and a testament to
our strength and resilience. The new
building will provide us more space,
better facilities, and greater
opportunities to serve our members and
advance our mission. By owning instead of
renting, we will save money in the long
run, build equity, and have more
flexibility and stability. It also
reflects our commitment to innovation and
sustainability. I particularly want to
thank Arianna Ozzanto, our extraordinary
Chief Financial Officer, along with our
dedicated member leaders, especially
President Drescher, Executive VP Ben
Whitehair, and Secretary-Treasurer Joely
Fisher, for their dedication to moving
this important project to fruition. We
look forward to moving into our new home
in a few years and continuing to make
SAG-AFTRA the best union in the world for
the professionals who work in front of the
camera or behind a microphone," said
National Executive Director and Chief
Negotiator Duncan
Crabtree-Ireland.
Located in the
heart of the Los Angeles "Media Triangle,"
the site is in close proximity to major
studios and production facilities,
including Netflix, Universal, Nickelodeon
and Warner Bros. The property is
conveniently located near major
transportation arteries, including the 101
and 170 freeways and the Metro Orange
Line.
Members will be kept apprised of critical
design, occupancy and development
milestones as they unfold.
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Passionate hip hop dancers meet at
USA Hip Hop Championship at Burbank
Mariott, April 14 - 16
-
By Gary Sunkin
Coast to Coast
dance crews from all across the United
States will unite in Los Angeles for the
biggest weekend in hip hop dance. The
three-day event includes the USA Hip Hop
Dance Championship, World Moves Dance
Workshops, meeting and socializing with
respected living legends and icons of hip
hop dance, and shopping the latest apparel
and merchandise in Hip Hop International's
Marketplace.
JV Megacrew
division
Snow PACK- Regbueg,ID
Somethin' Creative Dance- San
Diego, Calif.
The Voltz- North Hollywood,
California
Illusionist- Palm Springs,
California
EManon- Oxnard, California
Trouble Makers- Pasadena,
California
Chapkidz-
Fairdield, California
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Mini crew
division
OC-Prime- San Diego,
California
N'Dash- Orange County,
California
Pias- Orange County,
California
Fuego Dance crew- San Diego,
Calif.
SBXS- Pasco, WA
The ELx3KT- Gilbert,
Arizona
|
Megacrew
divisions
Ruthless- Cinncinnati,
Ohio
Animazing- Palm Springs, 4
Rogue Makers- Pasadena,
California
S-B- Pasco, Ohio
Elektroy- Gilbert, Arizona
Chapkis Dance family- Fairfield,
California
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115- The 4th Filmocracy Film Market is
around the
corner!
On April 6 - 8,
Filmhub the virtual market presents a rare
opportunity to get face time with
executives who can launch your
film/script/project into the stratosphere.
Unlike other film markets, you don't just
buy a badge and wander the halls hoping
someone will sweep you off your feet. At
the Filmocracy Film Market you click on
the executive you want to meet with, wait
for your turn, and start building that
relationship. Love it or hate it,
Hollywood is built on these relationships
and if you don't have them, your career is
infinitely harder.
Filmocracy
is an innovative film and media festival,
bringing together the best of traditional
festival
events,
while
integrating unique digital programs.
More than ever,
there is need for systemic, sustainable
changes in Hollywood to make the
entertainment industry a more equitable
and inclusive place. Movikarma is hosting
the first-ever 'Rewriting Hollywood'
Summit. Named after her award-winning
podcast that spotlights underrepresented
talent and social impact projects around
the world, the Rewriting Hollywood Summit
provides an interactive, virtual space
that will feature panel discussions with
award winning filmmakers and working
industry professionals, social impact film
screenings, a live pitch competition and
discussions with 2023 Oscar Nominees.
Check out more lineups for this
festival.
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114- Ron
Rice, Hawaiian Tropic founder in 2004
accompanied the Troy Cory Show on a
concert tour through China. -
Rice
died May 19, 2022 at the age of 81 in
Daytona Beach,
Florida
He grew up in the mountains of North
Carolina, and fell in love with the
beaches of Florida on a childhood visit.
He made his home in Daytona Beach, where
he worked as a high school chemistry
teacher and part-time lifeguard.
It was at his part-time job that Rice was
inspired by seeing people all over the
beach using Coppertone suntan lotion. He
became determined to create a unique
competitor, using his chemistry knowledge
to experiment with a suntan lotion
formula, scented with coconut and
fruit.
He famously mixed his first formula in a
garbage can, bottling it at home in his
garage with a $500 loan from his father to
launch his business. He named it Hawaiian
Tropic to evoke an exotic beach
locale.
His experiment was a hit making him a
multi-millionaire, with his Hawaiian
Tropic suncare brand creating sales of
$110 million per year.
Ricewith his Hawaiian Tropic brand became
known for sponsoring beauty pageants and
NASCAR racecars.
In 2004 he accompanied Troy Cory to a
concert tour through China.
After
selling Hawaiian Tropic to Playtex in
2007, Rice returned to the industry in
recent years with the suncare brand Habana
Brisa.
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These Countries spend the most time
online
Undoubtedly, we spend a significant
portion of our day online. But just how
much?
According to data presented by
the
Atlas
VPN
team, the average
time spent browsing the internet in 2022
was 397 minutes (6 hours and 37 minutes)
per day. It equates to an astonishing
2,415 hours yearly, or nearly 30% of our
time.
However, there is some good news as daily
online time actually decreased by 4.8% or
20 minutes compared to 2021 as we
gradually moved past the pandemic.
These figures are derived from data
provided by Meltwater, and We Are Social.
The data looks at internet usage trends
worldwide among internet users aged 16 to
64.
The time spent online varies significantly
from country to country. South Africans
are the most internet-addicted, with an
average of 578 minutes (9 hours and 38
minutes) spent online each day, three
hours more than the global average.
Brazilians are just a little behind, with
572 minutes (9 hours and 32 minutes)
devoted to internet usage daily. The
Philippines ranked third with an average
of 554 minutes (9 hours and 14 minutes)
spent online per day, followed by
Argentinians and Colombians, both with 541
minutes (9 hours and 1 minute) of daily
internet usage.
People in the United States also spend an
above-average amount of time online,
dedicating 419 minutes (6 hours and 59
minutes) daily to internet browsing
&emdash; the same as people living in
Singapore. Meanwhile, Canadians are
slightly less generous with their time,
spending an average of 395 minutes (6
hours and 35 minutes) online daily.
In contrast, East Asian countries have one
of the lowest average daily internet
usage, with Chinese people spending 325
minutes (5 hours and 25 minutes) online,
followed by South Korea at 321 minutes (5
hours and 21 minutes), and Japan with only
225 minutes (3 hours and 45 minutes)
&emdash; the least out of all the
countries in the study. The only exception
is Taiwan, with an average daily internet
usage time of 434 minutes (7 hours and 14
minutes).
Most European countries also spend
significantly less time online than the
global average. Austrians devote 322
minutes (5 hours and 22 minutes) daily to
internet usage, while Germans spend 312
minutes (5 hours and 12 minutes).
People in Denmark dedicate the least
amount of time to being online out of all
European countries in the study, with an
average of 298 minutes (4 hours and 58
minutes) spent on the internet each
day.
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John
Wick: Chapter 4 sets franchise record with
73.5 Million
Lionsgate said Wick
4 is one of nine movie franchises to set a
box office record on its fourth release in
the past 40 years.
The fourth
installment in Lionsgate's successful John
Wick movie franchise met expectations,
with the Keanu Reeves-starrer generating
an estimated record $73.5 million in North
American weekend ticket sales through
March 26, according to Lionsgate. John
Wick: Chapter 4 added another $64 million
in foreign revenue to top $137.5 million
in worldwide ticket sales.
The opening
exceeded the $56.8 million debut of John
Wick: Chapter 3 &endash; Parabellum in
pre-pandemic 2019. That movie went on to
realize more than $328 million in global
revenue.
Driven by word of
mouth, an A CinemaScore, skillful
marketing strategy, and a 95% Certified
Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score, John Wick
Chapter 4 screened at 3,855 locations as
well as 1,692 premium priced format
screens, including Imax, Premium Large
Format, and Motion Enhanced Seats (DBOX,
4DX, MX4D), according to
Lionsgate.
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Hear Jackie Gibson in "BROADWAY BOUND" at
the Lineage Performing Arts Center,
Pasadena
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(Television Int'l Magazine) Photo:
Gene
Reed
JACKIE
GIBSON -- "Whatever the mood calls for,
she's there, smooth and velvety, hard and
angry, sexy and inviting. So great to hear
a singer who knows what she's singing
about and is capable of making you feel it
100%," so says celebrated vocal coach
Terri Baker Weiss of Los Angeles-based
singer JACKIE GIBSON.
Having performed locally throughout
including E Spot Lounge, Feinsteins, The M
Bar, the Gardenia Supper Club, Catalina's,
Myrtle Tree Café, The Pour House,
Campus Jax, La Puglia. And most recently
at the Agua Caliente Casino in Palm
Springs, in the beautiful Cascade Room,
Jackie is probably best known for her
often performed "Songs at the Brill
Building" cabaret show that celebrates the
best loved classics of the late 50s/early
60s.
She is collaborating with
singer/songwriter Wayne Moore, on her
children's story, with Wayne and Jackie
writing the lyrics and music for the
upcoming book. She also has been recording
the works of singer/songwriter Stephen
Michael Schwartz, and the works of both
the multitalented producer/musician
Stephan Oberhoff and Country Music Hall of
Famer Sharon Vaughn.
Jackie
has been researching her Latino roots, and
has been preparing a show as well as
writing a book about her mother, Dr. Helia
Israel Benavides Olivera, MD, sharing her
journey of being a Latina woman whose
passion was medicine, and the struggles
she faced to become a doctor in
California.
Jackie is also part
of a Latina duo, "DOS DIVAS," with fellow
singer Lorraina Marro. Together, they
celebrate their Latin roots and family
stories, growing up as Latinas in Los
Angeles. She is a member of the Angela
O'Neil and the Outrageous 8 little Big
Band.
Singing songs from
the Great American Songbook
She also
is a member of the non profit group
Theatre Americana, performing throughout
Los Angeles and surrounding cities. They
have an upcoming Broadway show, "BROADWAY
BOUND," performing at the Lineage
Performing Arts Center on April 28 and 29
in Pasadena, CA.
Jackie's other
passion is as a creator/producer of
specialized fundraising events that assist
fellow L.A. jazz artists. in various
life-altering states of need. She is a
member of the CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MONROVIA
GUILD and loves to share her songs at
various functions.
She has been chosen
to be featured on RADIO AIRPLAY'S TOP
ARTIST OF THE WEEK and social
media.
Radioairplayblog.logspot.com
- Radio Airplay's Top 10 Artists of The
Week. Jackie's single "LOVE
SAID MY HEART"
is being featured on jango.coms'
INDEPENDENT
ARTIST'S TOP
PICK.
Tickets
for BROADWAY BOUND" at the Lineage
Performing Arts Center, 920 Mountain St.,
Pasadena,
CA.
http://www.bloomagain.ticketleap.com/broadway-bound---bloom-again-fundraiser/
Friday, 4/28 @7:00 pm - Saturday, 4/29
@3:00
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duo - Jackie and Marcus
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"Everything
Everywhere All at Once" scored big
wins
The 95th Academy
Awards were held March 12 at the Dolby
Theatre in Hollywood and televised live on
ABC.
View full list of 95th
OSCAR AWARDS winners
Best picture
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"The Banshees of Inisherin"
"Elvis"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once" - WINNER
"The Fabelmans"
"Tár"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
"Triangle of Sadness"
"Women Talking"
Actor in a leading
role
Austin Butler
("Elvis")
Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Brendan Fraser ("The Whale")
- WINNER
Paul Mescal ("Aftersun")
Bill Nighy ("Living")
Actress in a leading
role
Cate Blanchett
("Tár")
Ana de Armas ("Blonde")
Andrea Riseborough ("To
Leslie")
Michelle Williams ("The
Fabelmans")
Michelle Yeoh ("Everything
Everywhere All at Once") -
WINNER
Actor in a supporting
role
Brendan
Gleeson ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Brian Tyree Henry
("Causeway")
Judd Hirsch ("The Fabelmans")
Barry Keoghan ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Ke Huy Quan ("Everything
Everywhere All at Once" -
WINNER
Actress in a supporting
role
Angela Bassett
("Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever")
Hong Chau ("The Whale")
Kerry Condon ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything
Everywhere All at Once") -
WINNER
Stephanie Hsu ("Everything
Everywhere All at
Once")
Animated feature
film
"Guillermo del
Toro's
Pinocchio"-WINNER
"Marcel the Shell With Shoes
On"
"Puss in Boots: The Last
Wish"
"The Sea Beast"
"Turning Red"
Life Action short
film
"An Irish
Goodbye" Tom Berkeley, Ross White
- WINNER
"The Red Suitcase" Cyrus
Neshvad
The Pupils, Alfonso
Cuarón, Alice
Rohrwacher
"Ivalu" Anders Walter, Rebecca
Pruza
"The Boy,
the Mole, the Fox and the Horse"
- WINNER
"The Flying Sailor"
"Ice Merchants"
"My Year of Dicks"
"An Ostrich Told Me the World Is
Fake and I Think I Believe
It"
Live Action
Short Film
Cinematography
James
Friend, "All Quiet on the Western
Front" - WINNER
"Bardo, False Chronicle of a
Handful of Truths"
"Elvis"
"Empire of Light"
"Tár"
Costume design
Mary Zophres,
"Babylon"
Ruth E. Carter, "Black
Panther: Wakanda Forever" -
WINNER
Catherin Martin, "Elvis"
Shirley Kurata, "Everything
Everywhere All at Once"
Jenny Beavan, "Mrs. Harris Goes
to Paris"
Directing
Todd Field
("Tár")
Daniel Kwan and Daniel
Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere
All at Once") - WINNER
Martin McDonagh ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Ruben Ostlund ("Triangle of
Sadness")
Steven Spielberg ("The
Fabelmans")
Docuentary feature
"All That
Breathes"
"All the Beauty and the
Bloodshed"
"Fire of Love"
"A House Made of Splinters"
"Navalny" -
WINNER
Documentary short
film
"The
Elephant
Whisperers"-WINNER
"Haulout"
"How Do You Measure a Year?"
"The Martha Mitchell Effect"
"Stranger at the Gate"
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Film editing
Mikkel E.G.
Nielsen,
"The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond,
"Elvis"
Paul Rogers, "Everything
Everywhere All at Once" -
WINNER
Monika Willi, "Tár"
Eddie Hamilton, "Top Gun:
Maverick"
International
feature
Germany,
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
- WINNER
Argentina, "Argentina, 1985"
Belgium, "Close"
Poland, "EO"
Ireland, "The Quiet Girl"
Live-action short film
"An Irish Goodbye"
"Ivalu"
"Le Pupille"
"Night Ride"
"The Red Suitcase"
Makeup and
hairstyling
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"The Batman"
"Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever"
"Elvis"
"The Whale" -
WINNER
Music (original
song)
"Applause"
from "Tell It like a Woman"
"Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun:
Maverick"
"Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever"
"Naatu Naatu" from "RRR" -
WINNER
"This Is a Life" from "Everything
Everywhere All at
Once"
Music (original
score)
Volker
Bertelmann, "All Quiet on the
Western Front" - WINNER
"Babylon"
"The Banshees of Inisherin"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"The Fabelmans"
Production
design
"All Quiet
on the Western Front" -
WINNER
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"Babylon"
"Elvis"
"The Fabelmans"
Sound
"All Quiet
on the Western Front" -
WINNER
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"The Batman"
"Elvis"
"Top Gun: Maverick" -
WINNER
Writing (Adapted
screenplay)
Edward Beger,
Lesley Paterson & Ian
Stokell, "All Quiet on the
Western Front"
Rian Johnson, "Glass Onion: A
Knives Out Mystery"
Kazuo Ishiguro, "Living"
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and
Eric Warren Singer and
Christopher McQuarrie;
Story by Peter Craig and Justin
Marks "Top Gun: Maverick"
Sarah Polley, "Women
Talking" -
WINNER
Writing (Original
screenplay)
Martin
McDonagh, "The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Daniel Kwan & Daniel
Scheinert, Everything Everywhere
All at Once" -
WINNER
Steven Spielberg & Tony
Kushner, "The Fabelmans"
Todd Field, "Tár"
Ruben Ostlund, "Triangle of
Sadness"
Visual
effects
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Avatar: The Way of
Water"-WINNER
"The Batman"
"Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
Here are the total
nominations by film:
"Everything
Everywhere All at Once" -
11
"All Quiet on the Western
Front" - 9
"The Banshees of Inisherin" -
9
"Elvis" - 8
"The Fabelmans" - 7
"Tár" - 6
"Top Gun: Maverick" -
6
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
- 5
"Avatar: The Way of Water" -
4
"Babylon" - 3
"The Batman" - 3
"Triangle of Sadness" -
3
"The Whale" - 3
"Living" - 2
"Women Talking" -
2
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Winners: Kenyan 's
Stacy Ndiwa (2:31:00) and Ethiopia's Jemal
Yimer (2:13:13) were the winners of the
2023 Los Angeles Marathon.
The
38th Los Angeles Marathon presented by
ASIC
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By Gary
Sunkin
Participants will
start at Dodger Stadium at 6:55 a.m. then
heading east and finish at Avenue of
Stars. The 26.2 mile course will cover
iconic locations like Downtown Los
Angeles, Hollywood, Little Tokyo,
Hollywood and more. The "Stadium to the
Stars" Los Angeles Marathon 2023 will
maintain its traditional course till
Brentwood. From there, the runners will
backtrack on San Vicente, Sepulveda, and
Santa Monica Blvd before reaching the
finishing line at Avenue of the Stars just
below Santa Monica Boulecard, by the
Westfield Century City. A finish festival
is waiting in Century Park across.
Runners will not
only accomplish their personal goals but
also support McCourt Foundation's mission
to build a healthier world.
The Los Angeles
Marathon, inspired by the success of the
1984 Olympics, was first run in 1986. It
is the most popular marathon in the
western half of the United States and is
also keen to boast that it is "one of the
biggest parties anywhere."
The Event has a
maximum race day time of six hours and 30
minutes runners are expected to finish
within the 6:30 hour space.

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Berlin Film Festival reveals addictions to
politics
Climate
activists glue themselves to Berlinale's
red
carpet
BERLIN, Feb 16
-- The 73rd Berlin International Film
Festival is in full swing and kicked off
with politics,
one cinematic low and a memorable
high.
A man and a woman
glued themselves to the red carpet at the
opening of Berlin's film festival on
Thursday, calling on the German government
and society to take more action to fight
climate change.
The
two activists glued themselves to the
carpet after the arrival of film stars at
the Berlinale Palast for the festival's
opening ceremony, featuring a video
address by Ukraine's President Volodymyr
Zelenskiy and the premier of "She Came To
Me", directed by U.S. director Rebecca
Miller.
The Last Generation
group, which was behind the protest, said
the current government and society are the
last ones left with a chance of preventing
the course to a climate hell with billions
of deaths.
"Advertising for
sustainability on a small scale, like the
Berlinale does, is important, but it will
not save us on its own. We need to turn
things around now," Raphael Voellmy, one
of the activists, said in a statement.
"If we continue
escaping from reality, we will tear the
first climate tipping points and unleash a
deadly avalanche from which there is no
escape," Lisa Winkelmann, the other
activist, said.
The protest did not
interrupt the festival's opening
ceremony.
Let's start with the politics...The topic
was discussed during the opening jury
press
conference.
The festival has
never been shy about its political
leanings and how engaged it is with
current events. This 73rd festival was all
about that from the get-go. It's no
surprise, as Russia's war on Ukraine
continues to rage on and Iranian citizens
continue to be imprisoned and executed by
a regime determined to destroy human
rights and freedom of
speech.
The Berlinale has
already announced a series of special
events planned, including panel
discussions and red-carpet protests in
solidarity with the people of Ukraine and
Iran. Artistic director Carlo Chatrian
said the Berlinale would be a celebration
of the "catalysing and revolutionary
notion of cinema which unites even when it
divides."
Very early on, jury
president Kristen Stewart - at 32 the
youngest president in the festival's
history - made some interesting remarks on
the fact that we are currently living "in
the most reactive, emotionally whiplashed
time" and how the job of an artist is "to
take a disgusting and ugly thing and
transmute it, put it through your body and
pop out something more beautiful and more
helpful."
Iranian-French
actress Golshifteh Farahani, a co-juror,
spoke about the symbolism of being in
Berlin, especially in the context of what
is happening in Iran.
"It's very symbolic
to be in Berlin, a city that broke the
wall towards equality, freedom and brought
so many people together. This year with
Ukraine, Iran and the earthquake, it feels
like the whole world is disintegrating -
especially now with Iran," said
Farahani.
"In a country that
is a dictatorship like Iran, art is not
only an intellectual, philosophical thing
- it's essential, it's like oxygen. Your
existence by being an artist is put into
danger. That's why it's so amazing to be
here this year. Art and culture is a fire
- we can all gather together and warm
ourselves up. I'm really happy to be here
to fight for freedom, in Iran and in the
world," said the actress. The applause was
immediate.
Echoing
her comments, Hong Kong director Johnnie
To (A Hero Never Dies, Election) spoke
about the role of cinema as a tool to
counter oppressive regimes.
Come the opening ceremony later that
evening, Stewart and Farahani doubled down
at the Berlinale Palast theatre.
"There
are a lot of oppressions against our
physical selves. I'm a girl, but I'm
probably the least marginal version of a
woman I can be," said Stewart.
As
for Farahani, said stated with regards to
the Iranian regime that it "lies and
executes."
"The
prisons of Iran are full of innocent
people," she said. "We need you to stand
on the right side of history with the
Iranian people. This regime will
fall."
"The
wall of dictatorship is a thick wall. The
revolution in South Africa took 800 days,
ours has been just five months. This wall
is one of oppression, attacking human
rights. We need all of you. We need
Germany, France, Europe. We need you to
stand on the right side and to acknowledge
it. Call it a revolution," she said.
To
cap things off, President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy, as has become his habit during
major cultural ceremonies, appeared via
satellite to introduce Sean Penn to the
stage.
Seann
Penn is currently
in Berlin for his documentary Superpower,
which features Penn's travels to Kyiv, his
meetings with Zelenskyy, and focuses on
the resilience of the Ukrainian
people.
"A
logical question comes up: On which side
should culture and art be?" asked
Zelenskyy. "Can art be outside of
politics? Should cinema be outside of
politics?"
Should sports be
outside politics? asks this writer.
Zelenskyy
thanked the Berlinale for electing to ban
creatives with ties to Russia, before
concluding that "culture and cinema can be
outside of politics, but not when it's a
policy of aggression, mass crimes, murder
and terrorism."
He
added that the festival was "the showcase
of the free world."
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'On
the Adamant' wins top Berlinale Prize, the
Golden
Bear
The most important
awards at the Berlinale are the Golden
Bear and the Silver Bears. They are
presented by the International Jury to
films in the Competition and belong to the
most renowned awards in the international
film industry.
After a celebratory
start, the 2023 Berlinale was delighted to
report a lively audience interest. Full
cinemas, glamourous Red Carpets and
numerous prominent guests marked the first
part of the Berlinale. The latest
highlight was the awarding of the Honorary
Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement to US
director Steven Spielberg. In front of a
standing ovation of an audience of 1,600,
he accepted the prestigious award after a
laudatory speech given by U2 singer Bono
at the Berlinale Palast. Already before
entering the hall, there had been a
standing ovation lasting several
minutes.
"If this honor
means that my work has found a home in
Germany, then tonight, I feel like I'm
home too," Spielberg said (via Variety).
"This honor has particular meaning for me
because I'm a Jewish director. I'd like to
believe that this is a small moment in a
much larger, ongoing effort of healing the
broken places of history &endash; what
Jews call Tikkun Olam, the repairing and
restoring of the world."
Berlinale
2023: Golden and Silver Bear
winners
Golden Bear: 'On the Adamant'
...
Silver Bear, Grand Jury Prize: 'Afire'
...
Silver Bear, Jury Prize: 'Bad Living'
...
Silver Bear for best director: 'The
Plough' ...
Silver Bear for best leading performance:
Sofia Otero. ...
Silver Bear for best supporting
performance: Thea Ehre.
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay &endash;
"Music," Angela Schanelec
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic
Contribution -- Disco Boy,"
Hélène Louvart,
cinematography
Encounters
winners:
Best Film --
"Here," Bas Devos
Best Director -- "The Echo," Tatiana
Huezo
Special Jury Award -- "Orlando, My
Political Biography," Paul B. Preciado;
"Samsara," Lois Patino
Documentary
winners:
Best
Documentary -- "The Echo," Tatiana
Huezo
Documentary Special Mention -- "Orlando,
My Political Biography," Paul B.
Preciado
Best First Feature -- "The Klezmer
Project," Leandro Koch, Paloma
Schahmann
Berlinale Shorts winners:
Golden Bear -- "Les Chenilles," Michelle
Keserwany, Noel Keserwany
Silver Bear -- "Dipped in Black," Matthew
Thorne, Derik Lynch
Special Mention -- "It's a Date," Nadia
Parfan
Berlinale
2023
Highlights:
Nahom Abraham from
Eritrea has won the top prize for best
film, and $5,000, in the Berlinale's 2023
NEFTI award for his film Home, a drama
about a couple longing to be reunited.
Mihk Vergara and
Miko Livelo from the Philippines took the
NEFTI Audience Viewers Choice award, along
with the $2,000 prize for You Are Gathered
Here Today, a story about a man who
returns home to the Philippines to bury
his father and reunite with his best
friends.
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The third finalist
was Zoulikha Tahar from Algeria for her
film Leila's Night Of Joy, about a girl
who, on her 25th birthday, finally stands
up for herself and takes her life into her
own hands.
A panel of judges,
including actress Vivica A. Fox,
Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen
(American Beauty) and Fox/Disney
President, of feature post-production Ted
Gagliano, picked the NEFTI winners
together with
last
year's competition winner Minenhle
Luthuli, selected the three finalists.
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CEO Susan Wojcicki announces plan to stepp
down
MOUNTAINVIEW,
Feb. 16, 2023 -- CEO Susan Wojcicki said
that she's stepping down. Neal Mohan,
chief product officer, will take the lead
as the senior vice president and new head
of YouTube.
"Today, after
nearly 25 years here, I've decided to step
back from my role as the head of YouTube
and start a new chapter focused on my
family, health, and personal projects I'm
passionate about," she said in a blog
post.
Wojcicki, 54,
joined YouTube as CEO in 2014.
She will continue
working with YouTube teams, coaching
members and meeting with creators, she
added.
Wojcicki said she
agreed with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to,
in the longer term, take on an advisory
role across Google and Alphabet. "This
will allow me to call on my different
experiences over the years to offer
counsel and guidance across Google and the
portfolio of Alphabet companies," she
wrote.
"The time is right
for me, and I feel able to do this because
we have an incredible leadership team in
place at YouTube," she noted. "When I
joined YouTube nine years ago, one of my
first priorities was bringing in an
incredible leadership team."
Wojcicki has
long-held ties to Google founders Larry
Page and Sergey Brin, who she let work out
of her Menlo Park, California, home upon
founding Google. Page and Brin rented
the garage space for $1,700 a month
from her. At the time Wojcicki was working
in the marketing department at Intel.
In 2006, she
advocated for the $1.65 billion
acquisition of YouTube.
Wojcicki joined
Google in 1999 and oversaw the design and
build of Google's advertising and
analytics products for 14 years. In recent
years, YouTube has expanded its physical
footprint in areas like New York and near
its headquarters in San Bruno,
California.
During her tenure,
she oversaw the company's rapid expansion
to become the largest video platform in
the world. YouTube now has more than 2.5
billion monthly active users and more than
500 hours of content
are uploaded to the
platform every minute, the company has
said.
The rapid growth
became a challenge for the company to
contain. Google and YouTube had to pay
$170 million in 2019 to settle a case
where the video platform allegedly
violated children's privacy laws. Wojcicki
also came under fire during the 2020
elections and the Covid-19 pandemic as the
platform struggled to contain
misinformation and disinformation
campaigns.
Wojcicki's blog
post said she spent nearly 15 years of her
career working with Mohan, the new head of
YouTube, "first when he came over to
Google with the DoubleClick acquisition in
2007 and as his role grew to become SVP of
Display and Video Ads."
YouTube has faced
pressure in recent years amid a rise in
popularity of social media, namely TikTok,
which it has been trying to compete with
through its short-form video platform
Shorts. YouTube booked $7.96 billion in
advertising revenue during the fourth
quarter, which fell short of analyst
expectations and was down 8% from the year
prior.
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The Chiefs prevailed in Super Bowl
LVII
GLENDALE,
Ariz -- Kansas City
Chiefs scored 38-35 vs. Philadelphia
Eagles to win Super Bowl LVII, and become
NFL champs for second time in four
years.
Patrick Mahomes,
The Kansas City quarterback, who hobbled
into the halftime locker room wincing in
pain, emerged a hero in the second half,
hoisting the Chiefs out of a 10-point hole
and leading them to a 38-35 victory over
the mighty Philadelphia Eagles in Super
Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium.
Rihanna made her
long-awaited return to the stage -- on the
biggest stage in all of pop music --
backed by an expansive cast of dancers
with with her half-time performance at
Super Sunday.
She opened the show
on a suspended platform high above the
field at State Farm Stadium with the
throbbing rap track "Bitch Better Have My
Money" before segueing into a series of
her uptemp EDM cuts "Where Have You Been,"
"Only Girl (In the World)" and "We Found
Love."
The Super Bowl is
the annual final playoff game of the
National Football League (NFL) to
determine the league champion. It has
served as the final game of every NFL
season since 1966, replacing the NFL
Championship Game. Since 2022, the game is
played on the second Sunday in February.
Prior Super Bowls were played on Sundays
in early to mid-January from 1967 to 1978,
late January from 1979 to 2003, and the
first Sunday of February from 2004 to
2021. Winning teams are awarded the Vince
Lombardi Trophy, named for the coach of
the Green Bay Packers who won the first
two Super Bowls. Due to the NFL
restricting use of its "Super Bowl"
trademark, it is frequently referred to as
the "big game" or other generic terms by
non-sponsoring corporations. The day the
game is played is often referred to as
"Super Bowl Sunday" or simply "Super
Sunday."
The game was
created as part of a 1966 merger agreement
between the NFL and the competing American
Football League (AFL) to have their best
teams compete for a championship. It was
originally called the AFL--NFL World
Championship Game until the "Super Bowl"
moniker was adopted in 1969's Super Bowl
III. The first four Super Bowls from 1967
to 1970 were played before the merger,
with the NFL and AFL each winning two.
After the merger in 1970, the 10 AFL teams
and three NFL teams formed the American
Football Conference (AFC), while the
remaining 13 NFL teams formed the National
Football Conference (NFC). All games since
1971's Super Bowl V have been played
between the winners of each conference's
championship game.
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Academy Awards Nominations
announced
Los Angeles,
Jan. 24, 2023 - The nominations for the
2023 Academy Awards were announced early
Tuesday morning by actors Riz Ahmed and
Allison Williams, accompanied by the usual
gasps, cheers, snubs and surprises.
Crowd-pleasing "Everything Everywhere All
at Once" led the pack with 11, followed by
Netflix's German war movie "All Quiet on
the Western Front" and the Irish dark
comedy "The Banshees of Inisherin" with 9
and "Elvis" with 8.
The finalists in
all 23 categories were revealed in two
parts via livestream on Oscar.com and
Oscars.org, along with the Motion Picture
Academy's social media accounts (Twitter,
YouTube and Facebook).
The 95th Academy Awards will be
held March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in
Hollywood and televised live on ABC.
View full list of 95th
OSCAR AWARDS nominees
Best picture
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"The Banshees of Inisherin"
"Elvis"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"The Fabelmans"
"Tár"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
"Triangle of Sadness"
"Women Talking"
Actor in a leading
role
Austin Butler
("Elvis")
Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Brendan Fraser ("The Whale")
Paul Mescal ("Aftersun")
Bill Nighy ("Living")
Actress in a leading
role
Cate Blanchett
("Tár")
Ana de Armas ("Blonde")
Andrea Riseborough ("To
Leslie")
Michelle Williams ("The
Fabelmans")
Michelle Yeoh ("Everything
Everywhere All at
Once")
Actor in a supporting
role
Brendan
Gleeson ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Brian Tyree Henry
("Causeway")
Judd Hirsch ("The Fabelmans")
Barry Keoghan ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Ke Huy Quan ("Everything
Everywhere All at
Once"
Actress in a
supporting role
Angela Bassett
("Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever")
Hong Chau ("The Whale")
Kerry Condon ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything
Everywhere All at Once")
Stephanie Hsu ("Everything
Everywhere All at
Once")
Animated feature
film
"Guillermo del
Toro's Pinocchio"
"Marcel the Shell With Shoes
On"
"Puss in Boots: The Last
Wish"
"The Sea Beast"
"Turning Red"
Animated short
film
"The Boy, the
Mole, the Fox and the Horse"
"The Flying Sailor"
"Ice Merchants"
"My Year of Dicks"
"An Ostrich Told Me the World Is
Fake and I Think I Believe
It"
Cinematography
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Bardo, False Chronicle of a
Handful of Truths"
"Elvis"
"Empire of Light"
"Tár"
Costume
design
"Babylon"
"Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever"
"Elvis"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"Mrs. Harris Goes to
Paris"
Directing
Todd Field
("Tár")
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
("Everything Everywhere All at
Once")
Martin McDonagh ("The Banshees of
Inisherin")
Ruben Ostlund ("Triangle of
Sadness")
Steven Spielberg ("The
Fabelmans")
Docuentary
feature
"All That
Breathes"
"All the Beauty and the
Bloodshed"
"Fire of Love"
"A House Made of Splinters"
"Navalny"
Documentary short
film
"The Elephant
Whisperers"
"Haulout"
"How Do You Measure a Year?"
"The Martha Mitchell Effect"
"Stranger at the Gate"
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Film editing
"The
Banshees of Inisherin"
"Elvis"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"Tár"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
International
feature
Germany, "All
Quiet on the Western Front"
Argentina, "Argentina, 1985"
Belgium, "Close"
Poland, "EO"
Ireland, "The Quiet Girl"
Live-action short film
"An Irish Goodbye"
"Ivalu"
"Le Pupille"
"Night Ride"
"The Red Suitcase"
Makeup and
hairstyling
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"The Batman"
"Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever"
"Elvis"
"The Whale"
Music (original
song)
"Applause"
from "Tell It like a Woman"
"Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun:
Maverick"
"Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever"
"Naatu Naatu" from "RRR"
"This Is a Life" from "Everything
Everywhere All at
Once"
Music (original
score)
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Babylon"
"The Banshees of Inisherin"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"The Fabelmans"
Production
design
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"Babylon"
"Elvis"
"The Fabelmans"
Sound
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"The Batman"
"Elvis"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
Writing (Adapted
screenplay)
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Glass Onion: A Knives Out
Mystery"
"Living"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
"Women Talking"
Writing (Original
screenplay)
"The Banshees
of Inisherin"
Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"The Fabelmans"
"Tár"
"Triangle of Sadness"
Visual
effects
"All Quiet on
the Western Front"
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"The Batman"
"Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
Here are the total
nominations by film:
"Everything
Everywhere All at Once" -
11
"All Quiet on the Western
Front" - 9
"The Banshees of Inisherin" -
9
"Elvis" - 8
"The Fabelmans" - 7
"Tár" - 6
"Top Gun: Maverick" -
6
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
- 5
"Avatar: The Way of Water" -
4
"Babylon" - 3
"The Batman" - 3
"Triangle of Sadness" -
3
"The Whale" - 3
"Living" - 2
"Women Talking" -
2
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Gustavo Dudamel Takes Baton To New York
Philharmonic
LOS ANGELES,
Feb
7 - Gustavo
Dudamel, the longtime Music and Artistic
Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
is heading east: He's leaving L.A. to take
the baton of the New York Philharmonic
when his current contract ends in 2026,
dealing a blow to the music world of Los
Angeles
It's a big loss
for LA fans that welcomed him to LA with a
10-minute standing ovation at his
inaugural concert. Dudamel has become one
of the most respected and sought after
conductors in the world.
Known for his
kinetic energy and bouncing curly hair,
Dudamel has led the Los Angeles
Philharmonic since 2009. He was hired by
Deborah Borda, who is now the president of
the New York Philharmonic.
New York
Philharmonic officials made the
announcement: Dudamel will become the
Orchestra's next Music Director, beginning
in the 2026-27 season, and will hold the
title of Music and Artistic Director of
the New York Philharmonic for a five-year
term. Prior to that term, he'll serve as
Music Director Designate during the
2025-26
season.
With Dudamel at the
helm, the New York Times called the LA
Phil "the most important orchestra in
America - period."
Dudamel made his
New York Philharmonic debut in November
2007, conducting works by Dvorák
and Prokofiev as well as the Orchestra's
first performances of Chávez's
Sinfonia India (Symphony No. 2) since
Leonard Bernstein led the piece in
1961.
In addition to his
tenure in L.A., Dudamel has been Music
Director of the Opéra National de
Paris since 2021, and Music Director of
the Simón Bolívar Symphony
Orchestra of Venezuela since 1999.
Dudamel, 42, has conducted 26 concerts of
the NY Phil and made his debut there at
just 26 years of
age.
Coming to Los
Angeles at 27, Dudamel worked to bring new
audiences to classical music at the Walt
Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood
Bowl, promote music from the Americas and
engage with contemporary composers and
musicians.
As the most famous
product of Venezuela's acclaimed network
of music schools known as El Sistema, he
also started a youth orchestra known as
YOLA in 2007, providing 1,500 young people
with free instruments and instruction.
LA Phil's chief
executive officer, Chad Smith,
congratulated Dudamel and said he "has
left indelible marks on classical music,
the LA Phil and Los Angeles."
Smith said Dudamel
programmed some of the most ambitious
works ever staged, inspired the orchestra
to reach new levels of artistry, expanded
the limits of Walt Disney Concert Hall,
and demonstrated the power of music to
change people's lives through YOLA.
"I am grateful to
the musicians and leadership of the New
York Philharmonic as we embark upon this
new and beautiful journey together,"
Dudamel said on Tuesday. "As the great
poet Federico García Lorca said:
'Every step we take on earth brings us to
a new world.'"
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Beyoncé breaks record for most
Grammy wins
ever
The main ceremony
was hosted by Trevor Noah in Los Angeles
from Crypto.com Arena and broadcast on CBS
while streaming on Paramount+ and
Grammys.com.
Beyoncé's
career triumph came in
the wake of her 2022 album "Renaissance."
With her wins for R&B song,
traditional R&B performance,
dance/electronic recording and
dance/electronic album, Beyoncé has
broken the record for most lifetime Grammy
wins and is now the most-awarded artist in
Grammys history.
Harry Styles took
home album of the year, an honor most
music critic thought Beyoncé should
win, while Lizzo won record of the year,
Bonnie Raitt won song of the year and
Samara Joy was named best new artist.
With
a leading nine nominations this year
brought Beyoncé even with her
husband, Jay-Z, for the most nods (88) of
all time.
Beyoncé
entered the night with 28 Grammys, tied
with producer and musician Quincy Jones
and trailing only classical conductor
Georg Solti, who won 31.
The honor of
winning best album of the year was thought
by many music critics and fans
Beyoncé should win.
The
formula for success in album of the year,
which despite the fragmentation brought on
by digital streaming is still the Grammys'
equivalent of best picture, has always
been a shifting mixture of commercial
might, critical acclaim and cultural
impact.
This week,
Beyoncé announced dates for her
"Renaissance" stadium tour, which hits
Inglewood's SoFi Stadium on Sept. 2-3.
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Indie Films at Crossroad
When the Sundance
Film Festival last came to Park City, it
was before COVID-19 drastically affected
millions of lives, yes. But also before
the entertainment industry ecosystem of
which the festival is a part was wildly
upended.
In general there is an indication of tough
times for indie movies. The unpredictable
COVID-19 situation is only part of the
blame. Producers and studios are reckoning
with long-term trends in audience behavior
that were amplified by the pandemic.
Moviegoers over 35 -- the prime
demographic for festival selections -- are
the most reluctant group to return to
theaters, especially older women,
according to industry data.
In addition to
halting the in-person version of the
annual Utah conclave in 2021 and 2022,
after all, the pandemic caused theatrical
filmgoing to cease altogether for a time.
And audiences for the arthouse movies that
are the festival's lifeblood have been
slow to return to cinemas in the years
since.
"It kind of sets
the tone for the year," said Joana
Vicente, CEO of Sundance Institute, citing
the festival's traditional January date
and penchant for identifying and
incubating emerging talent. "It's this
opportunity to spotlight all of the
amazing new voices, new films that the
team is excited about. And we put them out
there and it's like we are setting
culture. We are really creating the
conversation."
"Sundance is a
place where we convene so many different
groups of people," said Kim Yutani, the
festival's director of programming. "It's
filmmakers, of course, but then it's also
press, it's industry, it's people who just
love independent cinema. And to be able to
create a program full of new films, in
some cases by people who are not household
names, to be able to put them into a
program and to launch these films with
this kind of nexus of constituents, to me
that feels like a privilege."
In recent years,
streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu,
Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+ have paid
outsized sums of money for titles, only
for their nontraditional release
strategies and unpredictable algorithms to
seem to soften their impact. Meanwhile,
distributors with a stronger investment in
theatrical exhibition, such as Sony
Pictures Classics, Roadside Attractions,
Focus Features, Searchlight Pictures,
Magnolia Pictures and IFC Films -- all
strong presences at Sundance before the
streaming services -- were forced to
compete with unprecedentedly deep
pockets.
Now, as the
streamers trim the fat for a shifting
economy and the more established players
face an uncertain theatrical landscape,
most everyone is trying to figuer over
what the new normal might be, or even how
to define success.
The industry's
approach to the festival changes with the
times as surely as the topics covered by
the films in the festival, which this year
includes movies about the immigrant
experience, the war in Ukraine and a host
of other hot-button issues.
"We change our
business model constantly because the
business changes constantly," said Tom
Bernard, co-president of Sony Pictures
Classics, which at last year's festival
picked up "Living," starring Bill Nighy,
then released it in conjunction with an
awards campaign for the lead actor.
"The streamers are
going to sort of collide. How many
[services] can you subscribe to?"
said Bernard. "I think that you're going
to have a new version of a cable package,
only it's going to be your streamer
package. Eventually when the fear of COVID
is totaly over, the audience will be
back."
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films?
PARK CITY,
Utah - The Sundance
Film Festival is under way since January
20 in a virtual format as the in-person
event was cancelled January 5, amid a
surge in COVID-19 cases in the state
brought on by the omicron variant.
Accordingly, the Sundance Film Festival's
action is a responsible, community-focused
measure in response to the current
infection rates in our communities.
In general there is an indication of tough
times for indie movies. The unpredictable
COVID-19 situation is only part of the
blame. Producers and studios are reckoning
with long-term trends in audience behavior
that were amplified by the pandemic.
Moviegoers over 35 -- the prime
demographic for festival selections -- are
the most reluctant group to return to
theaters, especially older women,
according to industry data.
Viewers have become used to being able to
see a movie at home as soon as it hits
theaters, or shortly after, as studios
experiment with new distribution models.
Many former moviegoers say they don't
think they'll go back to theaters. Most
living room TVs and sound systems don't
replicate the movie house experience, but
for many, they're good enough. However,
for the little art-house films that
dominate the scene at Sundance, the
theatrical model seems no longer
viable.
At last year's Sundance, Apple paid $25
million for "CODA," a small and
heartwarming drama about a teenage girl
with a deaf family, for its streaming
service Apple TV+. Disney-owned
Searchlight Pictures and Hulu paid $12
million for Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's
music documentary "Summer of Soul." Those
trends aren't going away soon.
The streamers' ability to spend makes it
difficult for traditional specialty
distributors to compete for the top
titles. Those companies for long have used
the promise of a big-screen campaign as a
bargaining chip with filmmakers.
According to distribution chiefs a movie
with a robust theatrical release can be
more profitable and have longer-term
cultural resonance than a streaming
release. They make money not just at
theaters but later through video on-demand
and by selling to pay-cable channels and
streaming services.
Going forward, you're going to have to
look at these films as being produced for
the streaming market. That's the only
market for them.
This year's Sundance has the hallmarks of
another seller's market, given the
scarcity of available films and the
proliferation of deep-pocketed buyers
creating the expectation of bidding wars
and eye-popping price tags, despite the
lack of standing ovations and glitzy
socializing typical of the non-virtual
Sundances.
More than 80 feature-length films are
screening during the Sundance program.
Nearly 75% of the pictures showing at the
festival did not have a distributor as of
Thursday.
Streamers are buying up the bigger titles
and there's going to be a level of
competition this year not seen
before."
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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Rust
Charges
LOS ANGLES, CA
- Jan. 19, 2023 - SAG-AFTRA released the
following statement on news regarding
charges in the Rust tragedy.
" The death of
Halyna Hutchins is a tragedy, and all the
more so because of its preventable nature.
It is not a failure of duty or a criminal
act on the part of any
performer.
"The
prosecutor's contention that an actor has
a duty to ensure the functional and
mechanical operation of a firearm on a
production set is wrong and uninformed. An
actor's job is not to be a firearms or
weapons expert. Firearms are provided for
their use under the guidance of multiple
expert professionals directly responsible
for the safe and accurate operation of
that firearm. In addition, the
employer is always responsible for
providing a safe work environment at all
times, including hiring and supervising
the work of professionals trained in
weapons.
"The
Industry Standards for safety with
firearms and use of blank
ammunition are clearly laid out in
Safety Bulletin 1, provided by the Joint
Industry-Wide Labor Management Safety
Commission. The guidelines require an
experienced, qualified armorer to be put
in charge of all handling, use, and
safekeeping of firearms on set. These
duties include "inspecting the firearm and
barrel before and after every firing
sequence," and "checking all firearms
before each use."
"The
guidelines do not make it the performer's
responsibility to check any firearm.
Performers train to perform, and they are
not required or expected to be experts on
guns or experienced in their use. The
industry assigns that responsibility to
qualified professionals who oversee their
use and handling in every aspect.
Anyone issued a firearm on set must be
given training and guidance in its safe
handlin g and use, but all activity with
firearms on a set must be under the
careful supervision and control of the
professional armorer and the
employer."
SAG-AFTRA
represents approximately 160,000 actors,
announcers, broadcast journalists,
dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors,
program hosts, puppeteers, recording
artists, singers, stunt performers,
voiceover artists, influencers and other
entertainment and media professionals.
SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices
that entertain and inform America and the
world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO,
SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los
Angeles and New York and local offices
nationwide representing members working
together to secure the strongest
protections for entertainment and media
artists in the 21st century and beyond.
Visit sagaftra.org online or find us on
social (Instagram, Facebook, and
Twitter).
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Peter Gould, Rhea Seehorn , Bob Odenkirk
accept the best drama series award
for Better Call
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Devin
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THE CRITICS' TURN - 28th Critics Choice
Awards hosted by Chelsea
Handler
premiered live on the WC on January 15,
2023.
The ceremony
honored the best in film with Avatar: The
Way of Water, Babylon, The Banshees of
Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere
All at Once, The Fabelmans, Glass Onion: A
Knives Out Mystery, RRR, Tár, Top
Gun: Maverick and Women Talking up for
Best Picture.
On the TV side,
there were nine shows nominated for Best
Drama Serie -- Andor, Bad Sisters, Better
Call Saul, The Crown, Euphoria, The Good
Fight, House of the Dragon, Severance and
Yellowstone --- and eight programs
competing for Best Comedy Series -- Abbott
Elementary, Barry, The Bear, Better
Things, Ghosts, Hacks, Reboot and
Reservation Dogs.
Here's the full list of
2023 CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS nominees and
Winners- (bold)
BEST
PICTURE
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once" (A24)
(WINNER)
BEST
ACTOR
Brendan Fraser -- The Whale"
(WINNER)
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BEST
ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett -- "Tár"
(WINNER)
Viola Davis -- "The Woman King"
(Sony Pictures)
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115- The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game
will ring in on Jan 2nd,
2023
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TVImagazine
This year, the 2023
Pasadena Tournament of Roses President,
Amy Wainscott, announced "Turning the
Corner" as the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses theme; celebrating the unlimited
potential that each new year brings, "The
2023 theme celebrates turning a corner.
Whether that corner is actual or
figurative like the unlimited potential
that each new year brings -- we all enjoy
the opportunity of a fresh start,"
explained Wainscott. "Turning a corner
means rising above -- alone, or with
family, friends and community. This year,
as we turn the corner together, we share
in the hope, beauty and joy of what 2023
will bring."
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Georgia Bulldogs beat T.C.U., 65-7, at
Sofi
Stadium
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By Gary Sunkin

Texax
Christian became the conference's unlikey
hero this season as it soared to 13 wins,
including one in the semifinal over
Michigan, by coming the first Big 12 team
to win a game in the plaoff format. TCU
was facing Georgia in the final -- a
college football juggernaut -- but seemed
to perhaps have a chance with a unique
defensive style, a Heisman finalist
quartrack and one of the best receivers in
the nation.
T.C.U.
uncharacteristically, was not the
resilient team it had been all yar. The
Horned Frogs had won five games in
comeback fashion, often down double
digits, but on Monday night seemed to lay
down as Georgia ran up the score.
On
Moday night, on the biggest stage in one
of the biggest games for the Big 12 in
recent memory, T.C.U suffered arguably the
most embarrassing defeat in College
Football Playfoff history, losing, 65-7 in
a game that was mostly not competitive.

101-
Get ready for the College Football Playoff
National Championship! and multi-day fan
festival at the LA Convention
Center
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By
Gary Sunkin, TVI
The
CFP national championship will be played
at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023,
at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,
California.
A pre-game fan
festival will take place at the Los
Angeles Convention Center on January 6th
to 8th.
The winners of the College Football
Playoff (CFP) semifinals -- the Peach Bowl
(Georgia) and the Fiesta Bowl (TCU) --
will contest the 2023 College Football
Playoff National
Championship.
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College Football Playoffs- CFP-Natl
Championship
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Damar Halin suffered cardiac
arrest
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Int'l Magazine-
Buffalo
Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after
having made a hit in the first qarter of
"Mondy Night Football"
during a game
against the Bengals
and
reported in critical condition
as he remains
hospitalized in Cincinnati.
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Damar
Halin suffered cardiac
arrest
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115-The
Golden Globe Awards are back awarding The
80th Golden Globe Awards
winners
The 80th Golden
Globes will air on NBC starting at 5 p.m.
PT on Jan. 10, and will be hosted by
comedian Jerrod Carmichael.
The nominations for
the 2023 Golden Globes were announced by
the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which
holds the annual awards, showing
particular affection for films "The
Banshees of Inisherin" and "Everything
Everywhere All at Once" and TV series
"Abbott Elementary" and "The White Lotus,"
among others.
Last year, NBC
dropped the broadcast of the 2022 Globes
after a Los Angeles Times investigation of
the HFPA raised questions about the
group's ethical and financial lapses and
revealed that not one of the then-87
members was Black. The association has
since approved interim Chief Executive
Todd Boehly's proposal to acquire the
Globes, established new bylaws, banned
gifts, hired a chief diversity officer and
added 21 new members plus 103
international nonmember voters.
Here's the full list of
2023 Golden Globe nominees and Winners-
(bold)
Best motion picture --
drama
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"Elvis"
"The Fabelmans" - (Winner)
"Tár"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
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Television series -- drama
"Better Call Saul"
"The Crown"
"House of the Dragon" -
(Winner)
"Ozark"
"Severance"
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2023
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115-FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN announces collaboration with
EURO CINE EXPO
Euro Cine Expo
announce an exciting collaboration with
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, Germany's largest
summer film festival, and Film Commission
Bayern, the first information and contact
point for national and international
production companies.
The partnership
aims to strengthen and enhance both events
and the production site Bavaria,
attracting and boosting common industry
delegates, internationally and nationally,
whilst increasing visibility and
awareness.
Euro Cine Expo and
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN will work together
to ensure that access to both events is
covered by one ticket, with easy transport
options between the venues to maximise
ease of access to both events.
This year's Euro
Cine Expo welcomed over 100 exhibitors and
almost 2000 visitors from around the
world, and delivered an international
platform for the film, TV and
cinematography industry, including an
exhibition and seminar programme, and next
year's event will be further enhanced with
a larger exhibition area and an updated
flow through the hall spaces.
FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN is also a major event for
representatives of the film industry, who
come together to exchange ideas and
initiate new projects. This is the place
to explore the whole spectrum of
contemporary global cinema, from
independent gems to star-studded German
and international films.
The Film Commission
Bayern, as a department of FFF Bayern, the
regional film funding, is the first
information and contact source for
national and international production
companies, presents Bavaria as a
production and shooting location at
international festival markets and trade
fairs and and aims to ensure optimal
filming conditions.
Taking place at the
Motorworld complex from June 30th - July
1st, Euro Cine Expo 2023 will offer the
cinematography industry an unrivalled
opportunity to showcase its brands and
network in person as business continues to
rebound from the pandemic. The event will
deliver a festival feel for attendees with
on-site restaurants, food trucks, and
areas to socialise.
Claire Saunders,
event director commented: "We look forward
to creating a partnership which will
promote mutual support, and raise the
profile of the European and global Film
and TV industry."
"We as the Film
Commission see enormous potential in Euro
Cine Expo collaborating with Filmfest
München in Munich next summer. Euro
Cine Expo is not simply an event for film
technology, but will convey a festival
flavour over the two days of the
event.
Dr. Throsten
Grieser, Commercial Director of FILMFEST
MUNICH ads: "FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is not
only Germany's largest summer film
festival, but has also always been an
important central meeting point for the
national and international film industry
at the end of June. Together with FFF
Bayern and Euro Cine Expo we will be able
to create an exciting and even
broader B2B offering and further
international networking
opportunities."
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for More tviStory
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MÜNCHEN announces collaboration with
EURO CINE EXPO
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2023 Royal Court:
left to right: Michelle Cortez
Peralta, Uma Wittenberg, Adrian Crick,
2023 Rose Queen Bella Ballard, Salia
Baligh, Zoë Denoncourt, Michelle
Cortez-Peralta, Sahanna
Rajinikanthan
115- The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game
will ring in on Jan 2nd,
2023
-
TVImagazine
This year, the 2023
Pasadena Tournament of Roses President,
Amy Wainscott, announced "Turning the
Corner" as the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses theme; celebrating the unlimited
potential that each new year brings, "The
2023 theme celebrates turning a corner.
Whether that corner is actual or
figurative like the unlimited potential
that each new year brings -- we all enjoy
the opportunity of a fresh start,"
explained Wainscott. "Turning a corner
means rising above -- alone, or with
family, friends and community. This year,
as we turn the corner together, we share
in the hope, beauty and joy of what 2023
will
bring."
Former
Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is
the 2023 Grand Marshal. Gabby's remarkable
recovery from traumatic injuries
epitomizes the 2023 theme, "Turning the
Corner" "Almost all of us have the luxury
to face our challenges in private and many
of us also have the freedom to overcome or
heal on our own timeline. But when one has
no choice but to be both vulnerable and
strong in public, that calls for a special
brand of bravery and that is why Gabby
Giffords is the perfect example of how to
turn the corner."
Each year the
Tournament of Roses selects three judges
to grant float awards based on many
criteria including float design, floral
presentation and entertainment value. The
Tournament of Roses announces the
award-winning floats on New Year's Day
prior to the Rose Parade. As the
award-winning floats venture down the
parade route, they are preceded by banners
showcasing their award. The banners are
carried by select members of the
Tournament of Roses Eagle Scout and Gold
Award Girl Scout
Troops.
The Pasadena
Tournament of Roses has selected Nicole
Cavender, Jennie O'Hagan and Lois Hiranaga
as judges for the 2023 Float Awards
sponsored by FTD. To learn about this
year's judges click
here.
FTD is the official
floral partner of the Tournament of Roses.
The iconic American company has been
affiliated with the Rose Parade for more
than 60 years. FTD decorates the antique
automobiles which carry the Rose Parade
VIPs down Colorado Boulevard including the
Grand Marshal, Tournament of Roses
President, Mayor of Pasadena and the Rose
Bowl Hall of Fame cars. FTD is also the
sponsor of the Rose Parade Float Awards.
pecial brand of bravery and that is why
Gabby Giffords is the perfect example of
how to turn the
corner."
For
information,
visit www.tournamentofroses.com
///
115-The
Golden Globe Awards are back
The 80th Golden
Globes will air on NBC starting at 5 p.m.
PT on Jan. 10, and will be hosted by
comedian Jerrod Carmichael.
The nominations for
the 2023 Golden Globes were announced by
the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which
holds the annual awards, showing
particular affection for films "The
Banshees of Inisherin" and "Everything
Everywhere All at Once" and TV series
"Abbott Elementary" and "The White Lotus,"
among others.
Last year, NBC
dropped the broadcast of the 2022 Globes
after a Los Angeles Times investigation of
the HFPA raised questions about the
group's ethical and financial lapses and
revealed that not one of the then-87
members was Black. The association has
since approved interim Chief Executive
Todd Boehly's proposal to acquire the
Globes, established new bylaws, banned
gifts, hired a chief diversity officer and
added 21 new members plus 103
international nonmember voters.
Here's the full list of 2023
Golden Globe nominees
Best motion picture --
drama
"Avatar: The Way of Water"
"Elvis"
"The Fabelmans"
"Tár"
"Top Gun: Maverick"
Actress in
a motion picture -- drama
Cate Blanchett,
"Tár"
Olivia Colman, "Empire of
Light"
Viola Davis, "The Woman King"
Ana de Armas, "Blonde"
Michelle Williams, "The
Fabelmans"
Actor in a motion picture --
drama
Austin Butler, "Elvis"
Brendan Fraser, "The Whale"
Hugh Jackman, "The Son"
Bill Nighy, "Living"
Jeremy Pope, "The
Inspection"
Best motion
picture -- musical or comedy
"Babylon"
"The Banshees of Inisherin"
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
"Glass Onion: A Knives Out
Mystery"
"Triangle of Sadness"
Lesley
Manville, "Mrs. Harris Goes to
Paris"
Margot Robbie, "Babylon"
Anya Taylor-Joy, "The Menu"
Emma Thompson, "Good Luck to You,
Leo Grande"
Michelle Yeoh, "Everything
Everywhere All at
Once"
Actor in a
motion picture -- musical or
comedy
Diego Calva, "Babylon"
Daniel Craig, "Glass Onion: A
Knives Out Mystery"
Adam Driver, "White Noise"
Colin Farrell, "The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Ralph Fiennes, "The
Menu"
Motion
picture -- animated
"Guillermo del Toro's
Pinocchio"
"Inu-Oh"
"Marcel the Shell with Shoes
On"
"Puss in Boots: The Last
Wish"
"Turning Red"
Motion
picture --foreign language
"All Quiet on the Western
Front" (Germany)
"Argentina, 1985" (Argentina,
U.S.)
"Close" (Belgium)
"Decision to Leave" (South
Korea)
"RRR" (India)
Supporting
actress in a motion picture
Angela Bassett, "Black
Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Kerry Condon, "The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything
Everywhere All at Once"
Dolly de Leon, "Triangle of
Sadness"
Carey Mulligan, "She
Said"
Supporting
actor in a motion picture
Brendan Gleeson, "The
Banshees of Inisherin"
Barry Keoghan, "The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Brad Pitt, "Babylon"
Ke Huy Quan, "Everything
Everywhere All at Once"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Good
Nurse"
Director
&emdash; motion picture
James Cameron, "Avatar: The
Way of Water"
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert,
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
Baz Luhrmann, "Elvis"
Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Steven Spielberg, "The
Fabelmans"
Screenplay
-- motion picture
Todd Field, "Tár"
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,
"Everything Everywhere All at
Once"
Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of
Inisherin"
Sarah Polley, "Women Talking"
Steven Spielberg and Tony
Kushner, "The
Fabelmans"
Original
score -- motion picture
Carter Burwell, "The Banshees
of Inisherin"
Alexandre Desplat, "Guillermo del
Toro's Pinocchio"
Hildur Gu?nadóttir, "Women
Talking"
Justin Hurwitz, "Babylon"
John Williams, "The
Fabelmans"
Original song -- motion
picture
"Carolina" by Taylor Swift
("Where the Crawdads Sing")
"Ciao Papa" by Alexandre Desplat,
Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro
("Guillermo del Toro's
Pinocchio")
"Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga and
Bloodpop ("Top Gun:
Maverick")
"Lift Me Up" by Tems, Ludwig
Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan
Coogler ("Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever")
"Naatu Naatu" by M.M. Keeravani,
Chandrabose ("RRR")
|
Television series -- drama
"Better Call Saul"
"The Crown"
"House of the Dragon"
"Ozark"
"Severance"
Actress in
a television series -- drama
Emma D'Arcy, "House of the
Dragon"
Laura Linney, "Ozark"
Imelda Staunton, "The Crown"
Hilary Swank, "Alaska Daily"
Zendaya, "Euphoria"
Actor in a
television series, drama
Jeff Bridges, "The Old
Man"
Kevin Costner, "Yellowstone"
Diego Luna, "Andor"
Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call
Saul"
Adam Scott, "Severance"
Sept. 6, 2022
Television
series -- musical or comedy
"Abbott Elementary"
"The Bear"
"Hacks"
"Only Murders in the
Building"
"Wednesday"
Actress in
a television series &emdash;
musical or comedy
Quinta Brunson, "Abbott
Elementary"
Kaley Cuoco, "The Flight
Attendant"
Selena Gomez, "Only Murders in
the Building"
Jenna Ortega, "Wednesday"
Jean Smart, "Hacks"
Actor in a
television series -- musical or
comedy
Donald Glover, "Atlanta"
Bill Hader, "Barry"
Steve Martin, "Only Murders in
the Building"
Martin Short, "Only Murders in
the Building"
Jeremy Allen White, "The
Bear"
Limited
series, anthology series or
motion picture made for
television
"Black Bird"
"Dahmer -- Monster: The Jeffrey
Dahmer Story"
"The Dropout"
"Pam & Tommy"
"The White Lotus"
Actress in
a limited series, anthology
series
or motion picture made for
television
Jessica Chastain, "George
& Tammy"
Julia Garner, "Inventing
Anna"
Lily James, "Pam & Tommy"
Julia Roberts, "Gaslit"
Amanda Seyfried, "The
Dropout"
Actor in a
limited series, anthology
series
or television motion picture
Taron Egerton, "Black
Bird"
Colin Firth, "The Staircase"
Andrew Garfield, "Under the
Banner of Heaven"
Evan Peters, "Dahmer &emdash;
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer
Story"
Sebastian Stan, "Pam &
Tommy"
Supporting
actress in a limited series,
anthology series or motion
picture
made for television
Jennifer Coolidge, "The White
Lotus"
Claire Danes, "Fleishman Is in
Trouble"
Daisy Edgar-Jones, "Under the
Banner of Heaven"
Niecy Nash, "Dahmer -- Monster:
The Jeffrey Dahmer Story"
Aubrey Plaza, "The White
Lotus"
Supporting
actor in a limited series,
anthology series
or motion picture made for
television
F. Murray
Abraham, "The White Lotus"
Domhnall Gleeson, "The
Patient"
Paul Walter Hauser, "Black
Bird"
Richard Jenkins, "Dahmer --
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer
Story"
Seth Rogen, "Pam &
Tommy"
Supporting
actress -- musical-comedy
or drama television series
Elizabeth Debicki, "The
Crown"
Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks"
Julia Garner, "Ozark"
Janelle James, "Abbott
Elementary"
Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Abbott
Elementary"
Supporting
actor -- musical-comedy
or drama television series
John Lithgow, "The Old
Man"
Jonathan Pryce, "The Crown"
John Turturro, "Severance"
Henry Winkler, "Barry"
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2023
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115-FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN announces collaboration with
EURO CINE EXPO
Euro Cine Expo
announce an exciting collaboration with
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, Germany's largest
summer film festival, and Film Commission
Bayern, the first information and contact
point for national and international
production companies.
The partnership
aims to strengthen and enhance both events
and the production site Bavaria,
attracting and boosting common industry
delegates, internationally and nationally,
whilst increasing visibility and
awareness.
Euro Cine Expo and
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN will work together
to ensure that access to both events is
covered by one ticket, with easy transport
options between the venues to maximise
ease of access to both events.
This year's Euro
Cine Expo welcomed over 100 exhibitors and
almost 2000 visitors from around the
world, and delivered an international
platform for the film, TV and
cinematography industry, including an
exhibition and seminar programme, and next
year's event will be further enhanced with
a larger exhibition area and an updated
flow through the hall spaces.
FILMFEST
MÜNCHEN is also a major event for
representatives of the film industry, who
come together to exchange ideas and
initiate new projects. This is the place
to explore the whole spectrum of
contemporary global cinema, from
independent gems to star-studded German
and international films.
The Film Commission
Bayern, as a department of FFF Bayern, the
regional film funding, is the first
information and contact source for
national and international production
companies, presents Bavaria as a
production and shooting location at
international festival markets and trade
fairs and and aims to ensure optimal
filming conditions.
Taking place at the
Motorworld complex from June 30th - July
1st, Euro Cine Expo 2023 will offer the
cinematography industry an unrivalled
opportunity to showcase its brands and
network in person as business continues to
rebound from the pandemic. The event will
deliver a festival feel for attendees with
on-site restaurants, food trucks, and
areas to socialise.
Claire Saunders,
event director commented: "We look forward
to creating a partnership which will
promote mutual support, and raise the
profile of the European and global Film
and TV industry."
"We as the Film
Commission see enormous potential in Euro
Cine Expo collaborating with Filmfest
München in Munich next summer. Euro
Cine Expo is not simply an event for film
technology, but will convey a festival
flavour over the two days of the
event.
Dr. Throsten
Grieser, Commercial Director of FILMFEST
MUNICH ads: "FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is not
only Germany's largest summer film
festival, but has also always been an
important central meeting point for the
national and international film industry
at the end of June. Together with FFF
Bayern and Euro Cine Expo we will be able
to create an exciting and even
broader B2B offering and further
international networking
opportunities."
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Trends
Shaping the Technology of Tomorrow at
CES
The CES Show will
display the next wave innovation that will
shape 2023 and the economy of tomorrow.
The show is set to feature a plethora of
exhibitors advancing two of the most
compelling technology megatrends of the
future: intelligent automation and the
evolution of the metaverse.
CES is right around
the corner, with
over 2100 exhibiting companies
and hundreds of thought
leaders from around the world are
ready to show you how tech has never been
more important in our lives. Key industry
audiences are also showing strong
commitment: 195 of the Fortune Global
500, 77 of the Interbrand 100,
66 of the top retailers, leading US
and global media and attendees
from 159 countries are already
registered and joining us in Las
Vegas. We're ready to bring the industry
back together to experience the next
generation of innovation.
The
Expansion of Intelligent
Automation
Advancements
in cloud infrastructure have allowed tech
companies to pursue more expansive uses of
intelligent automation. This will be
critical as limited available hours and a
tight labor market will require artificial
intelligence (AI) solutions to play a
larger role in the post-Covid economy.
A
mainstay of past shows, autonomous vehicle
(AV) technology will once again be on
display with the intelligent automation
technology's entire value chain showcased
throughout CES 2022. From AV chipmakers
like Qualcomm to leaders in AV perception
technologies like LIDAR leader Luminar to
Waymo, CES 2023 decidedly will be an
intelligent mobility event.
Health
Protocol at
CES
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PreProduction:
PostProduction: Online Computer
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"Isn't It A Shame" Hurrah For
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U.S. Show into China -1988.
Players: Troy Cory,
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Ssisters Directed By:
Troy Cory; UD: Josie
Cory; Camera:
Producers: TCS187; VRA
TelePlay Pictures; Josie Cory.
PreProduction:
PostProduction: Online
Computer Editing: VATS
Firewire Media; Post
Production Facilities:
Rosemont Studios; Video Record
Albums (VRA)
Munchen-Bratislava-Universal
City, California, USA.
Distributor: NBS. CREDITS:
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TCS90, WiFi90, TCS187; S90tv.
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Cory, Directed By: Troy
Cory; UD: Josie Cory;
Camera: Producers:
TCS187; VRA TelePlay Pictures;
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PreProduction:
PostProduction: Online
Computer Editing: VATS
Firewire Media; Post
Production Facilities:
Rosemont Studios; Video Record
Albums (VRA)
Munchen-Bratislava-Universal
City, California, USA.
Distributor: NBS100.
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TCS90, WiFi90, TCS187; S90tv.
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Jim James (Jimbo); Bob Sachs;
Chuck Stevens; Troy Cory;
Odette Ashooy; Robin Nichols;
Lori Engel; Gene Emberton;
Maribeth Lotito, Jim Lotito;
Frank Tropepe, David Trotter;
Lynn Mann; Nina Janovsky; Bob
Wills; Directed By: Troy Cory,
TCS80: Unit Director: Richard
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03b Producers: TCS80; VRA
TelePlay Pictures; Josie Cory;
PreProduction / California
Video; John Morgan; Jeff
Barnes; Marcus Robinson; Greg
Klein; Dave's Magic Lighting;
William Adrian; Guy Manning;
Lynn Mann; Mike Lipman; Robert
Guy Barrows; Camera:
California Video.
PostProduction / Online
Computer Editing: VATS
Firewire Media; Post
Production Facilities:
Rosemont Studios; Video Record
Albums (VRA);
Muenchen-Bratislava-Universal
City, California, USA. Sponsor
/ Charley O'Brians; Mary Kay
Cosmetics; Actrix Computers.
TAGSWebPlay WebCast
Rosemont Studios: Victor
Caballero; TCS90, WiFi90,
TCS187; S90tv. VRAWebPlay;
Vine Street Video Centre; A
VRA TelePlay Preview;
LookRadio Movies; RnB Plus,
R&B plus Troy Cory Show
with Ambros Seelos Orchestra.
For
Full
Production Participants:
http://www.lookradio.com/5100tcs.htm
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Cory Show L.J. Reynolds
"Touchdown" R&B+
VRA5200-00
http://www.lookradio.com/5200tcs.htm
520000
Troy Cory Show L.J. Reynolds
sings: "Touchdown".
The Best of R&B+ TCS187
Episodes feature top R&B
recording artist of the era.
The Rosemont Estate Studios
referred to in this segment as
the popular R&B Mansion:
Jeffrey Osborne, George Duke,
Mel Carter, Kenny G; Beau
Williams; Rockwell; Nona
Hendrix; Jimmy Vee; Philip
Baily; Cameo; Timmy Thomas;
R.J. Reynolds; Joe Williams;
Madison Cole; John Harris;
Darlene Hoyer; Cathy Pierce.
Producers: VRA TelePlay
Pictures; VRA WebPlay, Don
Butler; Josie Cory;
PreProduction: Eddie Barber,
Tony Nicholof; Angel Domino;
Linda Velar; Linda LeClerg;
Jossi Sigl; William Adrian;
Shelton Elkins; Bob Barrows.
PostProduction: Online
Computer Editing: VATS
Firewire Media; Post
Production Facilities:
Rosemont Studios; Video Record
Albums (VRA). Distributor: VRA
WebPlay WebCast Rosemont
Studios: Victor Caballero;
TCS90, WiFi90, S90tv.
VRAWebPlay; Vine Street Video
Centre; A VRA TelePlay
Preview; LookRadio Movies; RnB
Plus, R&B plus TCS187,
Ambros Seelos.
VRA5300
Allan Hale - Episode Sweet
Leilani
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5200tcs.htm
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Troy
Cory Show TCS187 Classics
Allan Hale Jr.
VRA5300-00
http://www.lookradio.com/5300tcs.htm
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLG7pBBWbcY&t=31s

530000
Troy Cory Show TCS187
Classics.
Allan Hale Jr. opens the
Episode Series. Troy sings:
Sweet Leilani VRA5300. In May
31, 1974, TV Guide described
the Troy Cory Show airing time
- 11:00 on KTLA: Troy's Guest
is actor - restaurateur Alan
Hale. Also: Priscilla Cory
joins her father in a
selection of Hawaiian tunes,
including "Sweet Leilan,"
"You, My Ukulele and Me," and
"Blue Hawaii." Today's program
features a replica of
Gilligan's island with an
all-hawaiian format.
Passionettes are featured as
mermaids. Troy sings: "My
Claire De Lune" accompanied by
Redwood & Company
Players: Troy Cory; Priscilla
Cory; John Perkins Barrymore;
Jr.; Inge Maria Pinser; The
Passionettes: Caroline Nering;
Debbie Midget; Evelyn Cortes;
Jacquelyn Lombard; Jeep
Ransaw; Susan Jackson; Guest
Stars: Sammy Fain; Larry
Storch; Alan Hale; Clint
Walker; Foster Brooks; Jack
Foreman; Sugar Ray Robinson;
Florence Marly; Byron Matson;
Lieutenant Robert Helder;
Wanda Hendrix; Nick Lucas;
Zina Florentine; Ron Fischer;
Liz Renay; Dee Arlen; Sumatran
tiger; Renee Valenti; Dave
Macklin; Tommy Cooper; Sandy;
Marve; Pam Warsham; Jessie
White; Priscilla Stubblefield;
Jackie Stubblefield; Linda
Nering; David McFarlane;
Janice Wilson; Rayme
Whitenack; Hilda Fuchs;
Estelle Prince; Harry Ashley;
Dennis Grimes; Mario Feninger;
William
Lasky.
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5300tcs.htm
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Troy
Cory Show TCS187 Sammy Fain
"To Get To
You"
VRA5400-00
http://www.lookradio.com/5400tcs.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-rWGwGJeY

540000
Troy Cory Show TCS187
Classics.
Sammy
Fain opens the Episode Series.
Troy sings: To Get To You
VRA5400. Players: Troy Cory;
Priscilla Cory; John Perkins
Barrymore; Jr.; Inge Maria
Pinser; The Passionettes:
Caroline Nering; Debbie
Midget; Evelyn Cortes;
Jacquelyn Lombard; Jeep
Ransaw; Susan Jackson; Guest
Stars: Sammy Fain; Larry
Storch; Alan Hale; Clint
Walker; Foster Brooks; Jack
Foreman; Sugar Ray Robinson;
Florence Marly; Byron Matson;
Lieutenant Robert Helder;
Wanda Hendrix; Nick Lucas;
Zina Florentine; Ron Fischer;
Liz Renay; Dee Arlen; Sumatran
tiger; Renee Valenti; Dave
Macklin; Tommy Cooper; Sandy;
Marve; Pam Warsham; Jessie
White; Priscilla Stubblefield;
Jackie Stubblefield; Linda
Nering; David McFarlane;
Janice Wilson; Rayme
Whitenack; Hilda Fuchs;
Estelle Prince; Harry Ashley;
Dennis Grimes; Mario Feninger;
William
Lasky.
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5400tcs.htm
<>
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54
Troy
Cory Show
TCS187 Troy Sings "Sugar To
Tea"
VRA5400-01 =
"Sugar
To
Tea"
http://smart90.com/dvdstore/vravmusic/sugartoteaktla4032.htm
http://www.lookradio.com/5400tcs.htm
=
"To
Get To
You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvldXVhld1s&t=181s

540001
Troy Cory Show TCS187
Classics.
Troy sings one of Sammy Fain's
Songs: "Sugar To Tea" VRA5401.
Players: Troy Cory; Priscilla
Cory; John Perkins Barrymore;
Jr.; Inge Maria Pinser; The
Passionettes: Caroline Nering;
Debbie Midget; Evelyn Cortes;
Jacquelyn Lombard; Jeep
Ransaw; Susan Jackson; Guest
Stars: Sammy Fain; Larry
Storch; Alan Hale; Clint
Walker; Foster Brooks; Jack
Foreman; Sugar Ray Robinson;
Florence Marly; Byron Matson;
Lieutenant Robert Helder;
Wanda Hendrix; Nick Lucas;
Zina Florentine; Ron Fischer;
Liz Renay; Dee Arlen; Sumatran
tiger; Renee Valenti; Dave
Macklin; Tommy Cooper; Sandy;
Marve; Pam Warsham; Jessie
White; Priscilla Stubblefield;
Jackie Stubblefield; Linda
Nering; David McFarlane;
Janice Wilson; Rayme
Whitenack; Hilda Fuchs;
Estelle
Prince;
Harry Ashley; Dennis Grimes;
Mario Feninger; William
Lasky.
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5400tcs.htm
<>
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Troy
Cory
Show VRA5500
The Best of TCS187 "Movie
Star" R&B Plus Kenny G,
George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne,
Mel Carter
Seg01
VRA5500:
Players:
/ Troy Cory; Kenny G; George
Duke, Jeffrey Osborne, Mel
Carter,
Beau Williams; Rockwell; Nona
Hendrix; Jimmy Vee; Philip
Baily; Cameo; Timmy Thomas;
R.J. Reynolds; Joe Williams;
Madison Cole; John Harris;
Darlene Hoyer; Cathy
Pierce.
VRA550002 Troy Cory Show The
Best of TCS - R&B Plus
"I've Been Missing You"
VRA5500-02. Players: / Troy
Cory; Kenny G; George Duke,
Jeffrey Osborne, Joe Williams;
Madison Cole, Tina Kincaid,
Angelica Bridges.
Producers: TCS83; VRA TelePlay
Pictures; VRA WebPlay, "I've
Been Missin' You" Don Butler;
Josie Cory;
PreProduction: Eddie
Barber,Tony Nicholof; Angel
Domino; Linda Velar; Linda
LeClerg; Jossi Sigl; William
Adrian; Shelton Elkins; Bob
Barrows.
PostProduction: Online
Computer Editing: VATS
Firewire Media; Post
Production Facilities:
Rosemont Studios; Video Record
Albums (VRA).
Distributor: VRA
Sponsor: Special Thanks To:
Arista Records, Mowtown;
Capitol Records; Polygram;
Warner Bros.; MCA; CBS; Epic;
A&M; Cinema Prize. For
Full Production Participants:
http://lookradio.com/5500tcs.htm
TAGS WebPlay WebCast
Rosemont Studios: Victor
Caballero; TCS90, WiFi90,
TCS187; S90tv. VRAWebPlay;
Vine Street Video Centre; A
VRA TelePlay Preview;
LookRadio Movies; RnB Plus,
R&B plus Troy Cory Show
with Ambros Seelos
Orchestra.
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5500tcs.htm
<>
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Troy
Cory Show> VRA5600 The Best
of Interviews Pete Simon
Bonnie and Clyde Episode
1973
http://www.lookradio.com/5600tcs.htm

VRA5600tcs
Variety-type
Television Talk Show out of
Las Vegas, hosted by Troy Cory
and featuring various
celebrities and film clips.
Featured
Guests: Pete Simon; Priscilla
Cory, Larry Taylor, Suzanne
Vegas, Fawn Maureen. Troy
sings various songs from his
albms.
In
1973 the Bonnie and Clyde
Death Car was purchased by Peter
Simon of the Oasis Casino in Jean
Nevada for $175.000. It was
on display at Whiskey Pete's
Casino for several years and is
now on permanent display at the
Primm Hotel and Casino at Primm
Nevada just of Interstate 15 on
the Nevada and California
Stateline.
Players:
Troy Cory; Priscilla Cory;
Suzanne Vegas, Virginia, Hill,
Jack and Tom Lambie, Hang Glider
Innovators, Karen Lafrenz, Sherry
Teranto; Paul Oesterle,
owner-operator Howard Johnson
Hotel,
Las Vegas; Allen Pinson,
Inge-Maria Pinson; Fawn Maureen;
Peter Simon, Suzanne Vegas, John
Harris.
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5600tcs.htm
<>
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57
VRA5700
The Best of R&B - LJ
Reynolds"Touchdown"
570000
Troy Cory Show L.J. Reynolds
sings:
"Touchdown".
The Best of R&B+ TCS187
Episodes feature top R&B
recording artist of the era.
The Rosemont Estate Studios
referred to in this segment as
the popular R&B Mansion:
Jeffrey Osborne, George Duke,
Mel Carter, Kenny G; Beau
Williams; Rockwell; Nona
Hendrix; Jimmy Vee; Philip
Baily; Cameo; Timmy Thomas;
R.J. Reynolds; Joe Williams;
Madison Cole; John Harris;
Darlene Hoyer; Cathy Pierce.
Producers: VRA TelePlay
Pictures; VRA WebPlay, Don
Butler; Josie Cory;
PreProduction: Eddie Barber,
Tony Nicholof; Angel Domino;
Linda Velar; Linda LeClerg;
Jossi Sigl; William Adrian;
Shelton Elkins; Bob Barrows.
PostProduction: Online
Computer Editing: VATS
Firewire Media; Post
Production Facilities:
Rosemont Studios; Video Record
Albums (VRA). Distributor: VRA
WebPlay WebCast Rosemont
Studios: Victor Caballero;
TCS90, WiFi90, S90tv.
VRAWebPlay; Vine Street Video
Centre; A VRA TelePlay
Preview; LookRadio Movies; RnB
Plus, R&B plus TCS187,
Ambros Seelos.
The Rosemont Estate referred
to in this segment as the
popular R&B Mansion
features appearances of a
variety of RnB artists on the
R&B Plus TV Show that
aired on Channel 9 in Los
Angeles, California.
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5700tcs.htm
<>
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VRA5800-00
The Wireless
Telephone
- 5800-02
The
NBS1908 Legacy "The Wireless
Telephone Legacy" - Part
Two
http://www.lookradio.com/5800tcs.htm
Troy
Cory Show The Best of NBS100
Murray, Kentucky (Year).
Intro: John Perkins Barrymore;
Ron Smith Look-alikes (Song-
Movie Star). ("Segment Title")
VRA5800-00 VRA5800tcs
For
full description See:
http://lookradio.com/5800tcs.htm
<>
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5801
Troy
Cory Show
"The
Wireless Telephone
Bequest" 1973, Jackson,
Mississippi
http://www.lookradio.com/5801tcs.htm

 
VRA580001
The NBS1908 Legacy "The
Tranfer of Title to the
Wireless Telephone" -
Part One.
Troy Cory, TCS explains to
Suzanne Vegas, Larry Taylor,
and Priscilla Cory how he came
into possession of the
Wireless Telephone and
its effects, after the death
of Troy's uncle, Bernard
Stubblefield, on October 4,
1973. The admistrator of
Bernard's estate, Mrs. Thomas
(Ann) Lynch, read the will
leaving all of the estate and
effects contained in the trunk
to Troy, the heir in
succession.
Troy
introduces a film clip from the
October,1973 CBS "Dot Lambert
Show," Jackson, MS., where the
hostess of the show opens the NBS
trunk during the show going
through the writings, drawings
and patents bequested to Troy by
Bernard. Troy's grandfather,
Nathan B. Stubblefield of Murray,
KY, bequested his estate and
effects to Bernard and his heir
in 1928. For full description
See:
http://lookradio.com/5801tcs.htm
Troy
Cory Show Talk Las Vegas Troy
Cory sings: Clair de Lune.
Players: Troy Cory;
Priscilla Cory; Suzanne Vegas,
Virginia, Hill, Jack and Tom
Lambie, Hang Glider
Innovators, Karen Lafrenz,
Sherry Teranto; Paul Oesterle,
owner-operator Howard Johnson
Hotel, Las Vegas; Allen
Pinson, Inge-Maria Pinson;
Fawn Maureen; Peter Simon,
Suzanne Vegas, John Harris;
Dot Lambert; Mrs. Thomas (Ann)
Lynch. 03 Directed By:
Troy Cory; Unit
Director: Allen Pinson;
Camera: Channel 5;
Producers: TCS73; VRA TelePlay
Pictures; Don Butler, Josie
Cory. 03c
Pre-Production / Channel 5,
Las Vegas; John Harris; Zot
Harris, Jerry Titus. Jerry
O'Ferro William Adrian; Agida
Serdienis; Flash it 3002
Lighting Co.; John Oster,
Allen Ziven; Jerome Titus.;
CBS TV, Jackson, MS.
VRA580001
The NBS1908 Legacy "The
Tranfer of Title to the
Wireless Telephone" -
Part One.
Troy Cory, TCS explains to
Suzanne Vegas, Larry Taylor,
and Priscilla Cory how he came
into possession of the
Wireless Telephone and
its effects, after the death
of Troy's uncle, Bernard
Stubblefield, on October 4,
1973. The admistrator of
Bernard's estate, Mrs. Thomas
(Ann) Lynch, read the will
leaving all of the estate and
effects contained in the trunk
to Troy, the heir in
succession.
For
full description
See:
http://lookradio.com/5801tcs.htm
<>
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VRA5900
TCS Beijing
1988-2008
http://www.lookradio.com/5900tcs.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KujToCxzwN8
= ?

01.
Feature
Story
/
VRA5900-00
"Beijing - 20 Years Later - 1988
to 2008"
Movie
Title: "Beijing - 20 Years Later
- 1988 to 2008" Knock, Knock,
Who's There?
China's
Open Door Policy - Troy Cory,
Joey Adams, vp Al Gore, Josie
Cory, Shanghai 1997, Troy Sings,
Smooth Sailing. / A VRA LookRadio
Movie VRA TelePlay Preview 4003
(9 min seg.) - LookRadio, S90tv,
Yes90, tviNews, Smart90,
D-diaries
More About Segment
"Beijing
- 20 Years Later - 1988 to 2008"
"China's Open Door Policy"
features TVInews / CCTV / IOC
film clips. Troy Cory and Joey
Lauren Adams are featured
performing at the 1988 Shanghai
TV Festival "Summertime Is Here
At Last", "Isn't It a Shame", and
"Smooth Sailing" on the Yangtse
River. STV news anchor welcomes
Troy to Shanghai.
As
first American singer to perform
at Shanghai Festival, signifies a
"leap forward" since Deng
Xiaoping's visit to USA,
Thatcher's signing Hong Kong
agreement, military October
parading at Tiananmen Square, and
trial of Mao's wife Jiang Quing,
the Gang of Four as seen in
historic footage. Troy and the
Brooke Sisters lighting candles
at Buddha Temple.
MORE
DESCRIPTION:
It was Deng Xiaoping's visit to
the USA in 1978, his meetings
with Richard Nixon, and the trial
of Mao's wife, Jiang Quing and
the Gang of Four that created
today's China's Open Door
Policy.
Recording Artists:
The California Goodtime Band;
John Mraz; Sam Montelle Stavros;
Smokey Allen Stover; Rick Turner;
The Pheromones;
Players: Troy Cory; Joey Lauren
Adams; Ginger Adams; Lila
Greninger; Christy Mattola; Gayl
Murphy; Kalia Salangron; Lynn
Stepney; Paul Wu; Shelley Zhang;
Political Figures: Jiang Zemin;
Deng Xiaoping; Al
Gore;
<>
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"Troy
Cory Show "Movie
Star"
Troy Cory Show - The Best of
NBS100 Murray, Kentucky (Wireless
100th Anniv. 1892-1992). Intro:
John Perkins Barrymore; Ron Smith
Look-alikes (Song- Movie Star).
("Segment Title") VRA5800-00
-http://lookradio.com/5800tcs.htm
Troy
sings Movie Star at Hawaian
Tropics beauty contest
lookradio.com/tcsmoviestar.htm
troycoryshow.com/tcsmoviestar01top.htm
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- History:
Founded in 1956 by ABC's
Sam
Donaldson
and his partner
Al
Preiss
and acquired by the Cory's in
1987.
In
April 1956 TVI (TELEvisionFILM
Magazine) debuted it's first
edition with offices at 1580
Crossroad of the World,
Hollywood, CA.
In
March,
1963, TVI hosted the first
"Annual Festival of World TV
Classics Award " at the
Huntington Hartford Theater.
Since 1956 TVI grew to command
the print readership of
television network executives
in 142 countries on six
continents, covering the
industry of television, film,
telecommunication and WiTEL.
In the mid-90s Television
International Magazine (TVI
Magazine) went online as:
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what people are interested in."
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Television
Internatinal Magazine Founder,
Sam
Donaldson.
Samuel
Andrew Donaldson became
interested in broadcasting at an
early age and, after graduating
from New Mexico Military
institute, majored in
telecommunications at Texas
Western. He immediately began
working at local stations as a
disc jockey, announcer and
interviewer. While still in El
Paso, he had his first taste of
television, working as an
announcer in the region's first
television station.
While attending graduate school
at the University of Southern
California, Donaldson met
publisher Al Preiss, and they
both formed TELEvisionFILM
Magazine. Both seeing where the
international television market
was heading, the name was changed
to Television International
Magazine.
In his book "Hold On Mr.
President" Donaldson writes
.... After getting my B.A., I
went to the University of
Southern California for a year of
postgraduate work. This time I
worked hard but didn't stick to
it. Instead, I started a magazine
in Hollywood all with five
thousand dollars and a friend
named al Preiss. We went
first-class, letter press
printing instead of offset,
four-color ads instead of black
and white. It soon became evident
that we needed fifty thousand
dollars, not five." Eventually
Donaldson sold out to Al Preiss
who continued publishing the
magazine until his death in 1986.
In 1987 The Cory's purchased the
Magazine fro,m Al's widow Sylvia
Preiss.
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Television
International Magazine
Co-Founder, Al
Preiss.
Born
in Waseca, Minnesota, Preiss
began his career in the newsroom
at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis as a
sportscaster. He later moved to
Los Angeles, where he began
teaching television courses at
the University of Southern
California.
It was there, in 1955 when Al
Preiss had a vision -- a vision
that materialized in 1956, when
he and his colleague Sam
Donaldson launched TELEvisionFilm
Magazine.
Both Al and Sam had an honest
conviction that, "the television
film industry had reached a stage
where it needed a national
publication that would analyze
and put into focus -- the news,
issues and problems which
particularly concern the
production and distribution of
film for television.
When Al Preiss died in August
1986, the television industry
lost an untiring advocate and a
giant of a good friend. The tall,
wonderfully amiable publisher
truly seemed to do it all --
attending nearly every press
conference, speech, convention
and reception, and was never seen
without his trademark clear
plastic briefcase. You turned
around at these functions and
there was Preiss, taking notes,
talking animatedly, telling
stories, doing his job. One that
he not only loved, but felt was
necessary and important. He did
it all with the help of his
charming wife of 25 years,
Sylvia, who was editor of the
magazine during the years of 1985
and 1986.
The controlling interest of the
magazine, with all of its
archival history was purchased in
1987 by the Cory's.
Contributing
Journalists:
Josie
Cory, Gary Sunkin, Byan Lukas,
Donna Jeffries, Valerie Milano,
Peter Allman, Don Butler, Troy
Cory-Stubblefield, Barry Seybert,
Victor Caballero, Mike Lipman,
Gordon Talbott, William Adrian,
Ginger Adams, Larry Leverett,
Bernard Schwartz, Bob Fisher, Dr.
Frank Iezzi, Ph.D., Kurt Sigl,
Robin Strausberg, Mark Schaefer,
Brad Ashton, Jim Baker, Anika
Michalowska, Theo Pirard, Richard
Mahler, Bill McCloskey, Bill
Peterson, John Chittock, Tony
Chiaveillo, Moira Burnett, John
Sanders, Mark Trost, Gillian
Davies, Jonathan Ames, Peter
Knight, Anton van Casteren, Jim
Hodgetts, Martin Jackson, Jack
Loftus, Peter Warner, Christian
Williams, Alex Ben Block, Bob
Foster, Seth Goldstein, Bob
Marisch, Jefferson Graham, Jack
Anderson.
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TELEVISION
INTERNATIONAL
MAGAZINE receives 2019 Best of Toluca Lake
Award
TOLUCA LAKE,
December 17, 2019 -- TELEVISION
INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE has been selected
for the 2019 Best of Toluca Lake Award in
the Magazine Publishers since 1956
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Wireless
Telephone inventor Nathan
Stubblefield
Click Stubblefield Speaks -
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30Min
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Proclamation
by Wallace G. Wilkinson, former
Governor of
Kentucky
1992
proclaimed Nathan Beverly
Stubblefield year and
Murray, Kentucky
'Birthplace of
radio'
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113th
Anniversary of the N.B.
Stubblefield's Wireless Telephone
Patent
1908
0512 - PATENT GRANTED:
Stubblefield's U.S. Patent,
Number 887,357, All Purpose
Wireless Telephone, Filed April
5, 1907, Granted May 12, 1908. /
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Trivia:
What
other event occurred in 1902, the
year of Stubblefields's public
demonstration in
1902.
A:
The founding of J.C. Penney
stores by James Cash.
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Nathan B. Stubblefield, the Man
History
Overheard
By
Harvey
Geller
In Life's current
Bicentennial issue, radio checks
in, at #86 on the hot "100 Events
That Shaped America," 19 buttons
behind Bell's telephone.
Erroneously, Life lists Guglielmo
Marcon's dots and dashes as the
first wireless broadcast, a fable
echoed by the World Almanac and
Encyclopedia Britannica. It's a
forgivable mumpsimus, since the
evidence offered on the following
pages has not, until now,
appeared in any national
publication.
The birth of broadcasting is a
bizarre soap opera saga, a
lacrymal legend of mystery,
machination, ephemeral
enshrinement, decline,
disillusionment and disaster.
It's denouncement dissolves six
miles north of Murray, Kentucky,
in a two-room shanty constructed
of pine and cornstalks, where
radio's uncelebrated architect is
discovered 48 hours after his
death, his records scattered, his
equipment destroyed, his brain
partly eaten by rats. Even local
radio fails to mention his
demise. He is Nathan Beverly
Stubblefield, the man history
over-heard and then
overlooked.
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Who
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1908
0512 - PATENT GRANTED:
Stubblefield's U.S. Patent,
Number 887,357, All Purpose
Wireless Telephone, Filed April
5, 1907, Granted May 12, 1908. /
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Expires May 12, 1925) CLICK ANY
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PATENT
SMART90
SMART90 stands for
Stubblefield Nathan,
Marconi Guglielmo,
Ambrose Fleming,
Reginald Fessenden,
Tesla Nicola,
DeForest Lee,
Armstrong Edwin Howard,
Alexanderson Ernst Fredrik
Werner, Farnsworth Philo,
SMART-DAAF
Boys,
Vol I, 'The Inventors
of Radio & Televison &
The Life Style of Nathan B.
Stubblefield," by Troy
Cory-Stubblefield and Josie Cory,
Library of Congress Number
93060451. (ISBN)
1-883644-003, pgs.
580.
Copyright
© 1993
SMART-DAAF stands for
Stubblefield,
Marconi, Ambrose,
Reginald Fessenden,
Tesla, DeForest,
Armstrong,
Alexanderson,
Farnsworth
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After the Telecommunication
Act of 1996 and the prior
establishment of the world wide
web
by
Tim Berners-Lee,
Television International Magazine
went online in the mid-90s as
TVIMAGAZINE.COM under the
distribution arm of SMART90.COM.
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Boys
Stubblefield
Marconi
Ambrose
Fleming
Reginald
Fessenden
Tesla
DeForest
Armstrong
Alexanderson
Farnsworth
Smartdaafboys/
(The
inventors of the Signals and
Frequencies that put the Pizzazz
in the Electromagnetic Radio
Wave)
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The 26th Shanghai TV Festival
with focus on story's quality
&
energy
On the
morning of August 5, the meeting
of judges for Magnolia Award of
the 26th Shanghai TV Festival
(STVF) was held, including
Chinese judges for Dramas,
Documentaries and Animations.
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Shanghai TV Festival
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Troy
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concert
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Troy Cory, First American to
perform on Stage in China,
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Cory's Road to
China;
Troy Cory was among the first
international entertainers and
the first American entertainer to
perform in the People's Republic
of China, beginning in 1988. In
itself a notable
culture-historical feat, in view
of China's closed door policies
of the late 70s and well into the
80s. The PRC's administrative
climate in comparison is much
less restrictive now and China's
open door policy enables many
entertainers to introduce
themselves to the populace
Chinese audiences.
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Cory Meets Jiang Zemin, former
President PRC
Back in the 80s,
as a goodwill ambassador
representing the U.S.A., Troy
Cory and his back-up dancers and
singers, "The Brooke Sisters,"
were the first entertainers from
the United States to appear in a
full staged program in the
People's Republic of China during
the Shanghai TV Festival, and
televised on China's National
Television (CCTV), viewed by over
300 million
people.
It was there Cory
met Jiang Zemin, then mayor of
Shanghai, and who later became
the 5th President of the People's
Republic of
China.
The '88 Shanghai Concert
was the beginnings of Troy's
concert tours in China for the
next two decades. The concerts,
just to name a few, included the
following cities: Shanghai,
Beijing, Anshan,
Harbin,
Fuzhou and and Tsingtao
(Qingdao)
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Scott B. Whitenack-Stubblefield Esq.,
great-grand son of wireless telephone
inventor, Nathan B. Stubblefield,
died
- By Troy
Cory
Scott Bryan Whitenack passed away
untimely on September 18, in Los Angeles,
CA.
Scott, aka Scott
Stubblefield, was one of four children
with siblings, Alden, Keith, and
Priscilla. (His brother Keith pre-ceded
him in death at the age of 32). His
parents were Troy Cory Stubblefield, an
entertainer and author and Dorothy
Swafford, owner of a furniture and
antiques retail store. Scott's children
are Steven, David and grand-children,
William, Bruce, Cora and Max, borne to
Steven and Skylark. Scott's
great-grandfather is Nathan B.
Stubblefield, the inventor of Radio, in
1882, and patent holder of the wireless
telephone (1908) and his great-great-great
.... grandparents were - John and
Priscilla Alden who were part of the
pilgrimage who sailed on the Mayflower to
Plymouth Rock from England in
1620.
(The
Stubblefield story is incorporated within
several photographs and denotes of and
about S Scott to show how their personal
ambitions and dreams parallel each other -
both died - before their dreams and
ambitions were
fulfilled)
During
the time he studied for the State Bar,
Scott lived with Josie and myself on our
family estate in Pasadena. He passed the
State Bar the first time and was among
only 33% to do so.
The balance of time was spent doing
cinematography for my TV shows, which he
considered an artistic outlet besides his
major life's work, in the field of law.
After he passed the State Bar he handled
numerous legal cases and ended up working
as an associate lawyer with Melvin Belli
with whom he engaged in several cases and
won a lawsuit that became precedent case
law. Whitenack was committed to his legal
profession for over three
decades.
r
If
you needed legal advice or help with a
motion filing, Scott was there with his
trusty law books. He was very intelligent,
outspoken and an independent thinker.
He
also was a family man, who loved hiking
and scuba diving, a good game of tennis
and enjoyed bringing his sons to Paramount
Ranch for regular family outings and
Father's Day get-togethers.
As
to his love for cinematography he
videotaped additional segments for the
movie "Christmas around the World." Scott
later became my producer and
cinematographer for "To Catch a Dream"
filmed in Europe. The video project
brought him and the production team to
Paris, Venice, Cannes, Munich and
Salzburg. Said footage with perfect
picture-book pans of the Eiffel Tower, the
Seine River, the leaning Tower of Pisa and
the Venice Bridge of Sigh, is a legacy he
left behind for us.
In the early 90s
during the writing of our 4-volume set of
books entitled "the SMART-DAAF Boys" about
the invention of radio and the the
wireless telephone, Scott lent a helpful
hand in giving his legal aspect of his
great-grandfather Nathan Stubblefield's
copyrighted and patented invention. He
also was the co-author of "Bank America,
the Tortfeasor."

Scott
as a teenager with John Wayne
at LA Herald-Express columnist Harrison
Carroll's Cinema Reporting Prize press
conference.
His
favorite poem is found on a card he
prepared for one of my Father's Days
titled "The Force That Through The Green
Fuse Drives The Flower."
He
leaves behind his father, Troy
Cory-Stubblefield, his mother Dorothy
Steele, sister Priscilla Stubblefield
Cory, brother and sister-in-law Alden and
Sara Stubblefield, step mother Josie
Cory-Stubblefield, ex-wife Lore Engel
Whitenack, sons David and Steven,
daughter-in law Skylar, and
great-grandchildren, William, Bruce, Cora
and Max; Nephew
Ryan Whitenack, and niece Jenny Wharton.
His brother Keith pre-ceded him in death
at the age of 32).

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