LA's Promise, a nonprofit organization working to radically shift the education, health and social outcomes for youth in South Los Angeles, holds its 2011 Gala today at 6 p.m. at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, featuring an exclusive private screening of Cirque Du Soleil's first Los Angeles resident show, IRIS.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that producer, director, writer and Principal Partner of DreamWorks Studios Steven Spielberg will receive the 2012 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures. The award will be presented to Spielberg at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 21st at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
LA's Promise, a nonprofit organization working to radically shift the education, health and social outcomes for youth in South Los Angeles, will hold its 2011 Gala on Tuesday, September 27th at 6 p.m. at Hollywood's Kodak Theater, featuring an exclusive private screening of Cirque Du Soleil's first Los Angeles resident show, IRIS.
According to published reports, Kathleen Kennedy is board to join previously announced Jeff Daniels, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher Jr., Thomas Sadowski and Olivia Munn in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series: MORE AS THE STORY DEVELOPS.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that producer Scott Rudin will receive the 2011 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures. The award will be presented to Rudin at the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 22nd at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
At 88 miles per hour, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd took millions of spellbound viewers on a high-flying voyage across the space-time continuum in a trio of wildly inventive tales that broke box-office records around the world. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award®-winning cinematic franchise that generated nearly one billion dollars worldwide, the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy will debut on Blu-rayTM on October 26, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The 25th Anniversary Trilogy will also be available on DVD.
At 88 miles per hour, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd took millions of spellbound viewers on a high-flying voyage across the space-time continuum in a trio of wildly inventive tales that broke box-office records around the world. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award®-winning cinematic franchise that generated nearly one billion dollars worldwide, the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy will debut on Blu-rayTM on October 26, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The 25th Anniversary Trilogy will also be available on DVD.
Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of the rarely produced Tennessee Williams play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) continues its Williams exploration with '2010 LAB: The Unknown Willams.' Final shows are slated for March 27.
Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of the rarely produced Tennessee Williams play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) continues its Williams exploration when it launches the 2010 season with a special three-week festival, '2010 LAB: The Unknown Willams,' set for March 11-27, 2010, a co-production with The Bushwick Starr (207 Starr Street between Irving & Wyckoff in Brooklyn).
Following last season's acclaimed, sold-out, extended run of the rarely produced Tennessee Williams play, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) continues its Williams exploration when it launches the 2010 season with a special three-week festival, '2010 LAB: The Unknown Willams,' set for March 11-27, 2010, a co-production with The Bushwick Starr (207 Starr Street between Irving & Wyckoff in Brooklyn).
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel War Horse, which they will present on the big screen. Billy Elliot scribe Lee Hall will create the screenplay adaptation.
Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was elected Tuesday night (8/18) as president of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that Edward Zwick has prevailed in the run-off for the open Directors Branch seat on the 2009-2010 Board of Governors; this will be his first term on the Board. Zwick will join Martha Coolidge and Curtis Hanson as the third governor representing the branch.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that the annual branch elections of governors of the organization have returned nine incumbents to the board as well as four new governors and one who returns to the Academy's governing body after a year off.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 are being presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center?, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. Winners are updated below as they're announced in bold red.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center?, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.