PBS to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Beginning 9/15
PBS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2012 with a lineup of programming that entertains, informs and explores the culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans....
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Airing weekly on PBS, the five-time Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens is an independent film festival in your living room. Each week we bring you another original documentary film, each made by one of the best independent filmmakers working today.
This season, Independent Lens returns with 22 independent films that will transport you and challenge you to experience universal human themes from unique perspectives. We will delve into issues emerging from the economic crisis in America, from job loss to wealth disparity; examine the origins of soul food, its importance in African American culture, and its serious health implications; we will examine a military culture in which female soldiers are sexually assaulted at a terrifying rate, and their attackers often left unpunished; we
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2012 EMMY NOMINATIONS: By Network
Nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today by Jimmy Kimmel and Kerry Washington from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at Television Academy headquarters in the NoHo Arts District of Los Angeles. The following is a list of the 2012 Emmys Nomination by network....
2012 Primetime Emmy Award Nomination Summary
Nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today, Thursday, July 19, from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at Television Academy headquarters in the NoHo Arts District of Los Angeles. Below is the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Nomination Summa...
BROADWAY OR BUST and More Highlight PBS' Fall 2012 Line-Up
The runaway British hit CALL THE MIDWIFE, a new drama that depicts midwifery in 1950s London, kicks off the PBS 2012 fall season with a six-part Sunday-night run that begins September 30. A production of BBC Worldwide and Neal Street Productions, MIDWIFE further strengthens PBS' hold on quality Sund...
Showtime's HOMELAND Among Winners of 71st Annual Peabody Awards
Thirty-eight recipients of the 71st Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2011, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Galler...
PBS Announces Programming Line-Up for 2012 'Black History Month'
PBS announced today an expansive slate of programs profiling the rich history, culture and contributions of African-Americans. The programs air as part of PBS' celebration of Black History Month, February 2012....
NYWIFT to Honor Martha Stewart, Claire Danes at 31st Annual Muse Awards
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), which has supported the advancement of women in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, will present their 31th annual Muse Awards at a gala luncheon to be held Wednesday, December 7th at the New York Hilton....
Coney Artland Prod Presents A CONEY ISLAND OF THE BEHIND 12/3
Coney Artland Productions presents A Coney Island Of The Behind, an evening of poetry, storytelling, comedy, dance, burlesque, music and mayhem about Coney Island, starring Coney Artland founder Michael Schwartz, joined by his very special guests, some of the finest artists in New York, for the inau...
Coney Artland Prod Presents A CONEY ISLAND OF THE BEHIND 12/3
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PBS Features Hugh Laurie, San Francisco Ballet, et al. in Fall 2011 Schedule
PBS raises the curtain on a new fall season celebrating the arts, exploring America's 'Great Experiment' with PROHIBITION, and traveling to the edges of the universe with NOVA's 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.' Also on tap this season, PBS will premiere new shows from MASTERPIECE featuring award-winning ...
PBS Features Hugh Laurie, San Francisco Ballet, et al. in Fall 2011 Schedule
PBS raises the curtain on a new fall season celebrating the arts, exploring America's 'Great Experiment' with PROHIBITION, and traveling to the edges of the universe with NOVA's 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.' Also on tap this season, PBS will premiere new shows from MASTERPIECE featuring award-winning ...
Journey of The Bonesetter’s Daughter Screened On PBS 5/8
JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan and based on her bestselling book of the same name....
THE GOOD WIFE, TEMPLE GRANDIN et al. Win 2011 Peabody Awards
A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2010, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery o...
70th Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced
A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. ...
Journey of The Bonesetter’s Daughter Screened On PBS 5/8
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Film Festival Highlights Social, Economic Needs of Haiti One Year after Earthquake 1.23
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UGA Accepts Peabody Awards Entries Through 1/14
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PBS Celebrates Black History Month with True Originals
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Film Festival Highlights Social, Economic Needs of Haiti One Year after Earthquake 1.23
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BUTTE, AMERICA Screens At Victoria Theatre 11/6
Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar...
UGA Accepts Peabody Awards Entries Through 1/14
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Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar...
FOUR PLACES Makes West Coast Debut At Rogue Machine, Opens 5/14
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FOUR PLACES Makes West Coast Debut At Rogue Machine, Opens 5/14
What starts as an innocent lunch between a septuagenarian Mom and her two adult children degenerates into a fierce game of cat and mouse which leads to a confession that will radically upset the lives of the entire family. In Joel Drake Johnson's darkly humorous play, a weekly family outing takes so...
Glee, Modern Family, Among Winners Of Peabody Awards
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