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Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards Announced

// February 2nd, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar® nominee Anne Hathaway took the stage at a 5:38 a.m. PT this morning, live news conference to announce the nominees in 10 of the 24 categories.

Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards (more…)

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2010 Producers Guild Awards

// January 24th, 2010 // Comments Off // Awards

by Marla Lewin

Sunday marked another milestone in this year’s awards  season as The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced their winners in television and motion picture productions at their 21st Annual PGA Awards ceremony held at the Hollywood Palladium.

The Winners are listed in Bold in each category: (more…)

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20 ANIMATED FEATURES LINE UP FOR 2009 OSCAR RACE

// December 28th, 2009 // Comments Off // Industry Event

by Marla Lewin

Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®. (more…)

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A “Once In A Lifetime” Backstage interview with Ed Asner of Pixar’s “UP”

// October 27th, 2009 // Comments Off // Stage Play

by Marla Lewin

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Ed Asner was born the same year as the Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman play, Once In A Lifetime, was written 1929. Ed has been a regular performer for the LA Theatre Works readings of great plays since its inception in 1985. The first live reading of this play back then had guests Steven Spielberg and Barry Diller in the audience. The producer explained that their technique and equipment for that performance had not been as good as they would have liked so they had always wanted to do it again. Now they tape 5 shows and create the final broadcast from the best of the recordings.

We got to meet him backstage after the show at the Skirball Cultural Center (more…)

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