OLD PICTURES OF DETROIT

Thanks to "radio's best friend", Art Vuolo

For  those that remember back then.......

 

PRETTY COOL OLD PICTURES OF DETROIT

 

Below: Woodward Ave. between Larned & Jefferson_March 25, 1956  Note Kern's in the background

 
Below: Woodward at Fort St._June 19, 1952

 
 
Below: Street car along Woodbridge at Atwater   Neat old Vernor's truck!

 
Below: John C. Lodge expressway_12-04-1950.  Note the New York Central steam locomotive crossing the Lodge!

 
Below: Davison Ave. before_1941  

 
Below:  Davison Expressway after_November 1942

 
 
Below: Detroit Motor Bus route_1924.  Note the "eastside" city limit;   Helen St. was the sticks back then !!!!

 
Below:  Belle Isle Motor Coach Station_1923 - Note: Electric Park in the background

 
 
Below: Capitol Park Bus station_circa 1962

 
 
Below: Construction of Edsel Ford Freeway at Woodward

 
Below:  Ted, recognize the any of the names in the following photos?
   
 
 
Below:  Memories of Sibley at Dix!!!!                                                        Below:  Cool Corvair!!!
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Old Detroit


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I didn't know that Detroit had the busiest intersection in the world at one time.
I find it hard to believe it wasn't in New York or Paris .. But, then, it is the city
that put the world on wheels and at one time was the single manufacturing
place for all American cars.



Woodward between 6 and 7 mile roads (1908)


Same stretch of road between 6 and 7 mile roads (1909)


Busiest intersection in the World; Michigan and Woodward (1920)


Shoppers wait for the streetcar on Woodward at State Street , Nov. 25, 1949


Highland Park at Woodward and Puritan (1956)


In 1941, what had been Davison Avenue in Detroit was rebuilt into the
world's first urban depressed freeway, opening for traffic on November 24, 1942.
                                                                                                                                                                     

Newly opened to help ease traffic on Woodward at 8 Mile (1965)



Hudson 's building circa 1983, building was imploded in 1998.


Campus Martius has been a gathering place for Detroiters for two centuries (Jan 2007)



Bob-Lo Island (1964)


Bob-lo Boat (1970)



We all rode this Roller Coaster; didn't we?????


Gladys Knights former home on LaSalle



Henry Ford's former home on Edison



Marvin Gaye's former home on Appoline



Malcolm X's childhood home on Keystone



Florence Ballard's former home on West Buena Vista


Smokey Robinson's former home on Belmont


Stevie Wonder's former home on Greenlawn


In 1957, Mike and Marion Ilitch lived in this house on Chalfonte

You are invited to a special screening - The Blind Side

Please note: this IS NOT a SAG Foundation event. Please do not contact our office regarding this event. RSVP info is below.

WARNER BROS PICTURES INVITES SAG MEMBERS
TO A SPECIAL SCREENING AND Q&A FOR

THE BLIND SIDE

You and a guest are invited to a special screening and
Q&A immediately following with Sandra Bullock

Saturday, December 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study
1313 North Vine in Hollywood
Free Theater Parking in the Lot Available Off Homewood

Please RSVP


SECURITY WILL BE CHECKING THAT NO CELL PHONES, BEVERAGES, FOOD OR RECORDING DEVICES WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE THEATER.


Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis.
A current SAG membership card is required for admittance.
RSVPs do not guarantee seating and no one will be admitted once the film has started.

Sandra Bullock (“The Proposal”), Tim McGraw (“Friday Night Lights”) and Oscar® winner Kathy Bates (“Misery”) star in Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Blind Side,” which depicts the remarkable true story of All-American football star Michael Oher.

Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock).  Learning that the young man is one of her daughter’s classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael—wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter—come out of the cold.  Without a moment’s hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night.  What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family despite the differences in their backgrounds.

Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome.  And as the family helps Michael fulfill his potential, both on and off the football field, Michael’s presence in the Tuohys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.

       “The Blind Side” is directed by John Lee Hancock (“The Rookie”), who also wrote the screenplay based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, by Michael Lewis.  Gil Netter, Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove produced the film with Molly Smith, Erwin Stoff and Tim Bourne serving as executive producers.

       Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw star as Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, and Kathy Bates stars as Michael Oher’s dedicated tutor, Miss Sue.  Quinton Aaron is introduced in the central role of Michael Oher.  The film also stars young actors Lily Collins and Jae Head as the Tuohy children, Collins and S.J., respectively.

       The behind-the-scenes creative team is led by director of photography Alar Kivilo, two-time Oscar®-nominated production designer Michael Corenblith (“Apollo 13,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”), editor Mark Livolsi and costume designer Daniel Orlandi.  The music is by Carter Burwell (“Where the Wild Things Are,” “Twilight”).

       Currently in theaters, “The Blind Side” is a presentation of Alcon Entertainment and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
This screening is paid for by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Capture Meeting TONIGHT and an iActor

Hollywood Guild Members: Reminder to Attend a Performance Capture Meeting TONIGHT and an iActor Hands-On Training on TUESDAY

***REMINDER***

 [1] Attend a Performance Capture Meeting TONIGHT
[2] Join Us for an iActor® Hands-On Training on TUESDAY

 [1] Attend a Performance Capture Meeting TONIGHT December 3

All Members and Non-Members who have been engaged to do Performance Capture work (also known as Motion Capture and Mo-Cap) for motion picture, television, commercial and new media productions, covered by SAG contracts, and those not produced under union agreements, are invited to attend a meeting to discuss with the Contract Department Staff and members of the TV/Theatrical Standing Committee, Performance Capture and its impact and application to our contracts.

Please inform your fellow union members and any non-members who perform this work about this important meeting. Participation is limited only by fire department regulations.

When: 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday December 3, 2009

Where: James Cagney Board Room, ground floor

5757 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90036

Parking will be validated.

                               

Performers who do Performance Capture work and who are not from Los Angeles, yet happen to find themselves in Los Angeles on the day of the discussion, are invited to attend.

Parents/guardians of young performers under 18 years-old are welcome.

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[2] Join Us for the iActor® Hands-On Training Tuesday, December 8

iActor Hands-On Training: Everybody needs a little extra help sometimes. Let our trained iActor professionals assist you with logging in, creating your resume and uploading headshots.

Get on iActor! It is a free online directory exclusively for SAG members!

When: Tuesday, December 8, 2009

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (a specific time slot will be assigned to you)

Where: Screen Actors Guild Headquarters

Bella Bruck Room (main level)

5757 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90036
Parking will be validated

RSVP to iActorRSVP@sag.org. Include your phone number and member ID number. 

You will be contacted with a specific time. If you do not receive a confirmation time, you are not confirmed for this event.

This training is by appointment only and space is limited.

Before you RSVP….

·         You must be an active, paid-up member in good standing to attend this training.
·         You must also be registered with a member login on the SAG website. Go to SAG.org and register! For Web help, call (323) 549-6789.
·         Is your agency information up to date? Check with the Agency Department at (323) 549-6745.
·         If you are under 18, please be sure you have submitted the completed parental consent form to the membership department – at least 1 business day before the planned event.

What do you need to bring? 
Bring a hard copy or disk of your headshot and a hard copy of your resume that you will be entering on iActor. There will be trained professionals to assist you logging in, creating your resume and uploading your headshot. Computers will be provided on site.

Reserve your space now at: iActorRSVP@sag.org. For more information or questions, please call (323) 549-6447.

Hollywood Guild Members: Don't Miss this SAG General Services Agreement Seminar December 2

Don’t Miss this SAG General Services Agreement Seminar on

“What You Need to Know About Your Agency Contract Before Signing It”
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

What: Screen Actors Guild National Agency staff will hold a bi-coastal educational seminar on general service agreements, or GSAs (i.e. the contracts that some agents have been using to represent our members instead of the standard SAG agency contract). These GSA contracts are signed outside of SAG’s protection, and it is imperative that members have a working knowledge of what these contracts say before signing them—your professional future and your income may depend on it. This educational seminar will be especially helpful to any member who is having trouble making sense of the complicated legal language contained in the contracts that their agents have provided them. We urge all SAG members to attend. This event will not be taped.

When: 12-2:30 p.m. (PST) and 3-5:30 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, December 2, 2009

(RSVP required*)

Where:

Los Angeles: James Cagney Board Room (first floor), 5757 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA  90036. Parking will be validated.

New York: NY Boardroom, 360 Madison Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY  10017

Who: The seminar will be conducted by the National Director and Senior Counsel of Agency Relations, Zino Macaluso, and the Senior Agency Manager, Xochitl Cerda, in Los Angeles. Members in New York will participate live via videoconference. We strongly encourage all members who attend to bring a notepad and pen with them to these meetings. 

*RSVP: Performers interested in attending should immediately email the Guild’s agency mailbox at agentquestion@sag.org. Please write SAG GSA Seminar—Reservation in the subject line. YOU MUST ALSO INDICATE IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING FROM HOLLYWOOD OR NEW YORK. Only those members who have received confirmation emails from SAG may attend, so please act quickly as seating is limited.

Questions about upcoming events should be directed to the SAG Agency Department at (323) 549-6745 (Hollywood) or (212) 827-1445. (Any performer who has to cancel a reservation is asked to notify SAG immediately so that members on the waiting list may be contacted). Thank you. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.

All paid-up SAG members in good standing will be able to attend. Unfortunately, no guests allowed. Parents/guardians of young performers under 18 years-old are welcome. PLEASE BRING YOUR SAG MEMBERSHIP CARD FOR ADMITTANCE (paid thru October 31, 2009).

EASY WAYS TO HELP BIG SUNDAY!

Dear Friends,
A few quick things

• Help Big Sunday Win Big Bucks! This is cool: Chase Bank is giving $25K (!) to one hundred local charities – and all our friends on Facebook get to decide who wins. All you have to do is VOTE for Big Sunday on Facebook by Dec. 11th – it’s that easy. Think of all the good we can do with that money! Please spread the word. (And thanks for your vote.)

• Holiday Giving. Don’t forget to check out the 7th (or 8th) Annual Big Sunday Holiday Volunteering and Giving Opportunities List. Tons of people have already helped (thanks!) – but there are still plenty of organizations that need donations and volunteers. (There’s a bunch of updates, too.) Just go to the Big Sunday website and click on “Holiday Giving” for the full list.

• Want to get more involved? You’re invited to a meeting this Sunday, Dec. 6th, from 3 to 5 pm to learn how you can help on Big Sunday Weekend 2010 (May 1st & 2nd). As always, everyone – volunteers, nonprofits, schools, faith groups, businesses, sponsors – is welcome. It will be casual and fun. Plus, there will be good snacks and no obligation. It will be at the Big Sunday office, 7319 Beverly Blvd., LA, CA 90036. To RSVP or for more info, contact Rachel Linton at 323-549-9944 or at rlinton@bigsunday.org.

Thanks as always,

David T. Levinson
Founder and Executive Director

Join Us for Two Upcoming Events

Hollywood Guild Members: Join Us for the iActor Hands-On Training Dec. 8 and the Open Board Meeting Dec. 14

[1] Attend the Open Board Meeting Monday, December 14

[2] Join Us for the iActor® Hands-On Training Tuesday, December 8

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[1] Attend the Open Board Meeting Monday, December 14

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTIFICATION – USE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW

When: 6-9 p.m., Monday, December 14, 2009

Where: James Cagney Board Room
Screen Actors Guild Headquarters

5757 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90036
Parking will be validated

RSVPs will be accepted beginning 8 a.m., Wednesday, December 2.

The Hollywood Division Board will open its December 14, 2009 meeting to members-at-large for observation. This is part of the policy the Board passed that calls for all future meetings of the Board to be open, giving Hollywood Division members-at-large the opportunity to see their Hollywood Board at work.

Space is limited. Reservations are a must and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis (subject to stated requirements). All members who would like to attend must be in good-standing, affiliated with the Guild's Hollywood Division and willing to comply with observation procedures. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

If interested, please RSVP AFTER 8 A.M., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 via email at hollywoodrsvp@sag.org or phone at (323) 549-6029.

Be sure to include your professional name, SAG membership number and contact information.

Only accepted observers will be contacted with confirmation and details.

In order to allow everyone interested the opportunity to attend, members may only be confirmed for one meeting during the current board year (October 2009 through September 2010).

If you should have questions or comments, please contact the Hollywood Executive Office at (323) 549-6459.

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[2] Join Us for the iActor® Hands-On Training Tuesday, December 8

iActor Hands-On Training: Everybody needs a little extra help sometimes. Let our trained iActor professionals assist you with logging in, creating your resume and uploading headshots.

Get on iActor! It is a free online directory exclusively for SAG members!

When: Tuesday, December 8, 2009

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (a specific time slot will be assigned to you)

Where: Screen Actors Guild Headquarters

Bella Bruck Room (main level)

5757 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90036
Parking will be validated

RSVP to iActorRSVP@sag.org. Include your phone number and member ID number. 

You will be contacted with a specific time. If you do not receive a confirmation time, you are not confirmed for this event.

This training is by appointment only and space is limited.

Before you RSVP….

·         You must be an active, paid-up member in good standing to attend this training.
·         You must also be registered with a member login on the SAG website. Go to SAG.org and register! For Web help, call (323) 549-6789.
·         Is your agency information up to date? Check with the Agency Department at (323) 549-6745.
·         If you are under 18, please be sure you have submitted the completed parental consent form to the membership department – at least 1 business day before the planned event.

What do you need to bring? 
Bring a hard copy or disk of your headshot and a hard copy of your resume that you will be entering on iActor. There will be trained professionals to assist you logging in, creating your resume and uploading your headshot. Computers will be provided on site.

Reserve your space now at: iActorRSVP@sag.org. For more information or questions, please call (323) 549-6447.

Message from Bob Edwards

Flash!

National

December 2009

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This message from AFTRA National First Vice President and award-winning broadcast journalist, Bob Edwards, is the first in a series of communications you will receive once a month during the coming year from each your 12 elected national officers. Dear AFTRA Member: As the year draws to a close, and we look ahead to 2010, we stand together at the crossroads of opportunity.

With three major national contracts set to expire next year in each of our primary areas of representation – the ABC/CBS Network Staff Newspersons Agreement on May 15, the AFTRA Sound Recordings Code on June 30 and the AFTRA Network Television Code “Front of the Book” on November 15 – AFTRA members have a chance to help shape the future of the entertainment and news media. Combined with the many local television and radio broadcast contracts around the country that will also be renegotiated in 2010 we have the potential to have a significant, positive impact on the cultural and intellectual discourse of this nation.
Starting early next year, AFTRA members will come together in wages and working conditions meetings around the country to discuss our experiences working in both traditional and digital media in virtually every sector of our industries. The information we share with each other will help shape the proposals we will bring to the bargaining table to enhance our wages, benefits and working conditions. In fact, through our internal organizing program rolling out now in Locals like Cleveland, Miami, Pittsburgh, Tri-State, Twin Cities and Washington-Baltimore, and coming soon to more AFTRA Locals, we’re already doing important work to strengthen AFTRA from within.
A thriving America depends on a diverse and prosperous union workforce. In the entertainment and news media, AFTRA members are that workforce: actors, journalists, singers, dancers, announcers, hosts, comedians, disc jockeys and many others who work in television, radio, cable, sound recordings, music videos, commercials, audiobooks, non-broadcast industrials, video games, the Internet and other digital media.
Through our union work, whether in a union meeting or on the job at the studio, on the set or in the booth, AFTRA members have a real chance – and a responsibility – to inform, educate and entertain our listeners and viewers, and in doing so, enrich the American labor movement and culture as a whole.
Your Winter 2009 issue of AFTRA magazine is on its way to your mailbox now. In this issue, you’ll find a review of AFTRA members’ recent work, including our efforts to increase diversity and equal employment opportunities across all categories of AFTRA members’ work, a first-person account from our colleague broadcast pioneer and union activist Belva Davis and a detailed description of the terms of our new AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement, among other news.
On behalf of your elected AFTRA national officers and the AFTRA National Board of Directors I wish you and your family a very happy holiday season and a prosperous new year.

In solidarity,

Bob Edwards
First National Vice President
AFTRA, AFL-CIO

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OUR CONGRESS AT WORK

OUR CONGRESS AT WORK

Should we buy them larger screen computers - or - a ticket home, permanently?
 

Nothing else need to be said.  This is one of their THREE DAY WORK WEEKS that we all pay for.  I am ready to start from the beginning by voting out all elected officials and not letting any of them stay in office for more than two terms.  No more lifelong healthcare, retirement, voting in their own pay raises, taking perks on our taxes, etc.
 


House Minority Leader  Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, pictured standing, far  right, speaks while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert,  D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a  new budget. (AP)

The guy sitting in the row in front of these two...  he's on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.

These are the folks that can't get the budget out by Oct. 1,  Seriously!!!
So, weve got a 30 day budget extension. Well, guess what, 30 days from now we will be in the same boat. I guess this makes it easy for the news reporters as all they have to do is recycle the same headlines from this week and from 2 years ago. And these yo-yos will still be playing SOLITAIRE!!!
I'm all for voting ALL out and start with a clean slate! Max terms and no life time benefits!!!
 
KEEP THIS GOING, DON'T LET IT STOP WITH YOU!!!

ANNIES NEWS: 2009 Annie Award Nominees

Annie News 12/1/09

Annie Award Nominations Announced

Advertising and Sponsorship Opportunities

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2009 Annie Award Nominations By Category

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Sony Pictures Animation
  
• Coraline: Laika
  
• Fantastic Mr. Fox: 20th Century Fox
  
• The Princess and the Frog: Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• The Secret of Kells: Cartoon Saloon
  
• Up: Pixar Animation Studios
  

Best Home Entertainment Production

• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas: Universal Animation Studios
  
• Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder: The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  
• Green Latern: First Flight: Warner Bros. Animation
  
• Open Season 2: Sony Pictures Animation
  
• SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Nickelodeon
  

Best Animated Short Subject

• Pups of Liberty: Picnic Pictures
  
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5: ShadowMachine
  
• Santa, The Fascist Years: Plymptoons
  
• The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky: Barley Films
  
• The Story of Walls: Badmash Animation Studios
  

Best Animated Television Commercial

• Goldfish: In The Dark: Blur Studios, Inc.
  
• Idaho Lottery "Twiceland": Acme Filmworks, Inc.
  
• Nutty Tales: Blue Sky Studios
  
• Spanish Lottery "Deportees": Acme Filmworks, Inc.
  
• The Spooning: Screen Novelties /Acne Media
  

Best Animated Television Production

• Glenn Martin, DDS : Torante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications
  
• Merry Madagascar: DreamWorks Animation
  
• Prep and Landing: ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• The Simpsons: Gracie Films
  

Best Animated Television Production for Children

• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Disney Television Animation
  
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Nickelodeon
  
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Cartoon Network Studios
  
• The Mighty B! : Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
  
• The Penguins of Madagascar: Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
  

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

• Scott Cegielski "Monsters vs. Aliens": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Alexander Feigin "9": 9 L.L.C.
  
• Eric Froemling "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Tom Kluyskens "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs": Sony Pictures Animation
  
• James Mansfield "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  

Character Animation in a Television Production

• Mark Donald "B.O.B.'s Big Break": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Mark Mitchell "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Kevan Shorey "Merry Madagascar": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Tony Smeed "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Phillip To "Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space": DreamWorks Animation
  

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• Andreas Deja "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Eric Goldberg "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Travis Knight "Coraline": Laika
  
• Daniel Nguyen "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Bruce Smith "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  

Character Design in a Television Production

• Bryan Arnett "The Mighty B!: Catatonic": Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
  
• Ben Balistreri "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends": Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Craig Kellman "Merry Madagascar": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Bill Schwab "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  

Character Design in a Feature Production

• Daniel Lopez Munoz "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Shane Prigmore "Coraline": Laika
  
• Shannon Tindle "Coraline": Laika
  

Directing in a Television Production

• Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee "American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles": 20th Century Fox/Fuzzy Door/Underdog
  
• Rob Fendler "Popzilla": Animax
  
• John Infantino, J.G. Quintel "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova": Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Bret Haaland "The Penguins of Madagascar: Launchtime": Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
  
• Jennifer Oxley "The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster": Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions
  

Directing in a Feature Production

• Wes Anderson "Fantastic Mr. Fox": 20th Century Fox
  
• Pete Docter "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Christopher Miller, Phil Lord "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs": Sony Pictures Animation
  
• Hayao Miyazaki "Ponyo": Studio Ghibli
  
• Henry Selick "Coraline": Laika
  

Music in a Television Production

• Michael Giacchino "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Kevin Kiner "Star Wars: The Clone Wars "Weapons Factory": Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
  
• Guy Moon "The Fairly OddParents: "Wishology- The Big Beginning": Nickelodeon
  

Music in a Feature Production

• Bruno Coulais "Coraline": Laika
  
• Michael Giacchino "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Joe Hisaishi "Ponyo": Studio Ghibli
  
• John Powell "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs": Blue Sky Studios
  

Production Design in a Television Production

• Mac George "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Andy Harkness "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Janice Kubo "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends": Cartoon Network Studios
  

Production Design in a Feature Production

• Christopher Appelhans "Coraline": Laika
  
• Ian Gooding "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Tadahiro Uesugi "Coraline: Laika
  
• Christopher Vacher "9": 9 L.L.C.
  

Storyboarding in a Television Production

• Sunil Hall "The Mighty B!: Catatonic": Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper
  
• Brandon Kruse "The Fairly OddParents: Fly Boy": Nickelodeon
  
• Robert Koo "Merry Madagascar": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Joe Mateo "Prep and Landing": ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Kite Productions
  
• Adam Van Wyk "The Spectacular Spider-Man: Final Curtain": Culver Entertainment
  

Storyboarding in a Feature Production

• Sharon Bridgeman "Astro Boy": Imagi Studios
  
• Chris Butler "Coraline": Laika
  
• Ronnie Del Carmen "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Tom Owens "Monsters vs. Aliens": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Peter Sohn "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  

Voice Acting in a Television Production

• Danny Jacobs, Voice of King Julien: "Merry Madagascar": DreamWorks Animation
  
• Nicky Jones, Voice of Chowder: "Chowder: The Dinner Theatre'": Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Tom Kenny, Voice of SpongeBob: "SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square": Nickelodeon
  
• Dwight Schultz, Voice of Mung Daal: "Chowder:The Party Cruise": Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Willow Smith, Voice of Abby: "Merry Madagascar": DreamWorks Animation
  

Voice Acting in a Feature Production

• Jen Cody, Voice of Charlotte: "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Dawn French, Voice of Miss Forcible: "Coraline": Laika
  
• Hugh Laurie, Voice of Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.: "Monsters vs. Aliens": DreamWorks Animation
  
• John Leguizamo, Voice of Sid: "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur": Blue Sky Studios
  
• Jennifer Lewis, Voice of Mama Odie: "The Princess and the Frog": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  

Writing in a Television Production

• Daniel Chun, "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX": Gracie Films
  
• Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton, "Prep and Landing": Walt Disney Animation Studios
  
• Valentina L. Garza, "The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure": Gracie Films
  
• Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham, "The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone": Gracie Films
  
• Billy Lopez: The Wonder Pets, Save the Honey Bears": Nickelodeon Productions/Little Airplane Productions
  

Writing in a Feature Production

• Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, "Fantastic Mr. Fox": 20th Century Fox
  
• Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers, "Astro Boy": Imagi Studios
  
• Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs": Sony Pictures Animation
  

JURIED AWARDS

• Winsor McCay Award
  Tim Burton
  Bruce Timm
  Jeffrey Katzenberg
  
  
• June Foray
  Tom Sito
  
  
• Ub Iwerks Award
  William T. Reeves
  
  
• Special Achievement
  Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
  
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Myles Mikulic
  Danny Young
  Michael Woodside
  
  

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Advertising and Sponsorship

Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 37th Annual Annie Awards.

Presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, the 37th Annual Annie Awards will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, California. The award ceremony will also be webcasted on www.annieawards.org at a later date.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives, Library and Museum.

The Annie Awards provides one of the most innovative platforms for animation partners to participate in these high-profile awards and market their goods and services. There's no better way to reach animation industry insiders-from top studio brass to production executives, animation artists, students and fans of the art form: than in the pages of the annual Annie Awards program. A glossy keepsake chronicling the evening celebration and the year's winners, the program offers a range of ad options. For those looking to support the event and highlight their businesses in an even larger way, sponsorship packages offer myriad high-profile benefits.

The deadline to reserve an advertisement in the program book or to become a sponsor is December 20, 2009.

Click here for further Advertising/Sponsorship information

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For further information about the Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org.

Deadlines Nov. 30th - TV and Feature Screenplay Contests (plus short film festival)

SUBMIT your TV SCREENPLAY and/or FILM and
be a part of the fastest growing and most unique
Festival in the world today:

Deadlines November 30th for FEATURE SCRIPTS, TV PILOTS/SPEC and SHORT or FEATURE FILMS!
FULL Feedback on all entries from our team of script consultants, professional screenwriters and filmmakers

Get your screenplay read out loud in front of the world using some of the top actors in the world tday! No other contest will you get the bang for your buck!

FILM SUBMISSIONS - See the full details to submit your film

TV PILOT AND SPEC SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS - See the full details to submit your TV script - VOTED the TOP TV Screenplay Contest in the world!

SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS - See the full details to submit your script

To SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube Film Festival Channel, please CLICK HERE.

ONE PAGE SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Exciting contest where the WINNING script is made into a film

- WATCH and VOTE on the 1 Page Screenplay Finalists from the last round - WINNING Vote will be made into a film

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WILDsound's NOVEMBER Festival Events
Friday/Saturday November 27/28 2009
CLICK HERE and reserve your TICKETS to the Screenplay Festival Reading
Terrific films, scripts being showcased with an outstanding
lineup of Moderators from the industry to lead the way
Both events take place at the National Film Board Cinemas, 150 John Street
In the heart of the Entertainment District, Toronto, ON - EVENTS START AT 7:00pm SHARP!
TV PILOT and SHORT Screenplay Contest Festival
FRIDAY November 27th
DOORS OPEN AT 6:30pm


TAKE A LOOK AT THE FULL DETAILS OF THE EVENT

Featuring the FULL READING of the WINNING TV PILOT Screenplay by Robert J. Sawyer (creator of the hit TV Show Flashforward on ABC)

Come down to the National Film Board, have a drink, be entertained and learn something too!

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BEST of SHORT FILMS from around the world!

SATURDAY November 28th
DOORS OPEN AT 6:30pm

TAKE A LOOK AT THE FULL DETAILS OF THE EVENT

The only FEEDBACK FILM FESTIVAL in the world!

Featuring the TOP SHORT FILMS 2009

Because this is the LAST WILDsound event of 2009, we are offering FREE TICKETS for everyone. RSVP by clicking on the Film Festival link above!

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

Too often we . . . enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

- John F. Kennedy

"Plan for the future -- wait to live it until it gets here,  learn from the past and move on -- for it will not change; live life to the fullest and be thankful for the moment which is only happening right now!" Kurt Kelly

So what are you thankful today?

ASIFA Archive Fundraising Screenings of Secret of Kells

ASIFA-Hollywood, GKIDS and Cartoon Saloon invite you and a guest to a special screening of...


SECRET OF KELLS
December 4-10, 2009
AMC Burbank 8
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Burbank, CA 91501

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Fundraiser Screenings

Friday, December 4, 2009 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 5, 2009 2:00 pm
Sunday, December 6, 2009 2:00 pm
Monday, December 7, 2009 7:00 pm
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:00 pm
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 7:00 pm
Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:00 pm

Admission - $12 Adult, $9 Children, $11 Senior
Order Tickets Online Now: www.gkids.tv/intheaters

Buy your tickets online and $4 per ticket will be donated to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. To purchase tickets, please visit www.gkids.tv/intheaters. Select "ASIFA HOLLYWOOD" from the green pull down menu at top of the site labeled "select my school or organization", then buy the tickets for whatever screening you want to attend. Don't forget to bring the kids!

About The Secret of Kells

Magic, fantasy and Celtic mythology come together in a riot of color and detail that dazzle the eyes in this sweeping story about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times. Young Brendan lives in the Abbey of Kells, a remote medieval outpost under siege from raiding barbarians. One day a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands, carrying an ancient--but unfinished--book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the faerie Aisling, a mysterious young wolf/girl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarian hordes closing in, will Brendan's determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against barbarians?

Running time: 75 minutes

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

Please note: this IS NOT a SAG Foundation event. Please do not contact our office regarding this event. RSVP info provided below.


Back Stage, The Hollywood Reporter and The Weinstein Company cordially invite you and a guest to An Evening With...

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

a free special screening of the film to be followed by a Q&A with cast member Christoph Waltz.

The film, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, follows a group of Jewish-American soldiers, known as "The Basterds," intent on brutally killing Nazis. A young Jewish woman, who once escaped death at the hands of the chilling Colonel Hans Landa (Waltz), is thrown into the midst of a perilous plot involving the Basterds, a beloved German actress, and the movie theatre she runs.

The ensemble cast also includes Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Mélanie Laurent, and Daniel Brühl.

Christoph Waltz won the award for Best Actor at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of Col. Landa and is slated to star as the villain Chudnofsky in the upcoming "Green Hornet" film, starring Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz.

The screening will take place:

Wednesday, December 2nd
7pm

Arclight Sherman Oaks
1501 Ventura Blvd.,
Los Angeles 91403

RSVP Required. To RSVP, call 424-203-0877 or email inglouriousbasterdsbackstage@gmail.com, indicating how many are in your party.  Photo ID required for admittance.

As a courtesy to your fellow actors, please do not RSVP for this screening if you do not intend to stay for the Q&A portion of the evening. This screening will be monitored for unauthorized recording. Seating is on a first-come/first-serve basis. A reservation does not guarantee admittance.

ASIFA ALERT: Support the Animation Archive When You Shop At Ralphs

DO YOU HAVE A RALPHS CARD?

If you shop at Ralphs, you can contribute to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive automatically as you shop for your groceries... and it doesn't cost you a cent! Ralphs will contribute a portion of your purchases to the Archive every time you use your Ralphs Card. Sign up to help us out online today!

It's easy, just follow these simple steps...

• Sign up with an online account to register your card on the Ralphs Login/Sign Up page
• Step through the process to create an account with Ralphs' web site.
• Verify your account by clicking on the link in the email they send you
• Go to the Ralphs Community Contribution page
• Click on the PARTICIPANT ENROLL button at the bottom of the page.
• Login using your email address and password.
• Go through the process to link your card to ASIFA.
• When asked to FIND YOUR ORGANIZATION, enter this NUMBER: 83902
• Select INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM SOCIETY.
• Click on the SUBMIT button

That's all there is to it! Now, every time you shop, you'll be helping out the Archive. Ralphs requires that you relink your card to us every October 1st. We will remind you next year. Thanks very much for your support.

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
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2009 Satellite Awards to Spotlight Mary Pickford, Michael York, Roger Corman and Roger Deakins

2009 Satellite Awards to Spotlight Mary Pickford, Michael York, Roger Corman and Roger Deakins

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Quendrith Johnson or Mirjana Van Blaricom (818) 989-1589 FAX: (818) 787-3627 info@pressacademy.com www.pressacademy.com 2009 Satellite Awards to Spotlight Mary Pickford, Michael York, Roger Corman and Roger Deakins Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2009 -- The International Press Academy’s 14th Satellite Awards™ presentation will be held Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 in the Grand Salon at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Calif. During the ceremony the IPA will celebrate screen legend Mary Pickford’s 100th Anniversary in film, which dates back to her 1909 start at Biograph Studios. Besides being the original “America’s Sweetheart” on screen, Pickford was a powerhouse behind the scenes. She co-founded independent studio United Artists, was a member of the group of influential players who established the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences™ (AMPAS), and was the first movie star to receive a million-dollar billing with her name at the top of the marquee. Since 1997, the IPA’s highest honor has been the Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry -- a special life achievement award. This year’s recipient is actor Michael York. In 2008, York narrated “Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies,” a documentary that chronicles Pickford’s eventful career. The film features vintage reels and archival footage with cameos by her fellow artists and famous friends, including Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Lillian Gish, Adolph Zukor, and Amelia Earhart. This year’s Satellite Award honorees also include cinematographer Roger Deakins (A Serious Man, No Country for Old Men) and legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. Deakins will receive the 2009 Tesla Award for Visionary Achievements in Filmmaking Technology. Corman will receive the 2009 Auteur Award. Celebrity arrivals for the 14th Satellite Awards begin at 5 pm. The Awards Presentation takes place at 6 pm in the Grand Salon, followed by a dinner at 8 pm. The InterContinental Hotel is located at 2151 Avenue of the Stars in Century City.
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Storied Filmmaker Roger Corman Nets IPA’s 2009 Auteur Award

Storied Filmmaker Roger Corman Nets IPA’s 2009 Auteur Award

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Quendrith Johnson or Mirjana Van Blaricom (818) 989-1589 info@pressacademy.com www.pressacademy.com Storied Filmmaker Roger Corman Nets IPA’s 2009 Auteur Award Los Angeles, CA, November 11, 2009 --The International Press Academy today announced that legendary producer-director Roger Corman will receive the 2009 Auteur Award at this year’s 14th Annual Satellite Awards™ on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, Calif. From his humble beginnings as a messenger on Fox Lot at $32.50 a week, Roger Corman became a top genre director in Hollywood before he left the studio system in the early 1970’s to found his own studio. With more than 300 feature-length film titles as producer and 50 films as director, Corman is widely recognized as one of the most influential and creative low-budget horror/action filmmakers in the industry. With titles like “The Monster from the Ocean Floor,” “It Conquered the World,” and the Edgar Allen Poe-inspired “Masque of the Red Death,” Corman became famous for “what you might call a personal style,” according to the director. Shot in weeks or sometimes in days, many of Corman’s off-beat groundbreaking productions like “The Little Shop of Horrors” went on to become worldwide cult hits. The acclaimed director is also credited with making the first "biker" movie Wild Angels (1966), starring Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra. A year later Corman backed The Trip, a film written and directed by Jack Nicholson, that ushered in the psychedelic film genre. Steeped in imaginative special effects and mind-buckling plotlines involving unlikely creatures like “carnosaurs,” “dinocrocs,” and outsized insects, Corman’s trademark personal style spawned its own industry of admiring imitators. The word Cormanesque even entered the language as a way to describe anything that hints at the producer-director’s unusual flair. The IPA’s Auteur Award was established in 2005 to honor filmmakers whose singular vision and unique artistic control are reflected in films that influence audiences and fellow artists alike. Corman’s sweeping influence on fledgling producers, directors, writers and actors is widely acknowledged.
Some of Hollywood’s most familiar and talented personalities were formed under the influence of Roger Corman. His list of protégés includes: Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Talia Shire, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert DeNiro, Martin
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Scorsese, Sally Kirkland, Ron Howard, Charles Bronson, Joe Dante, Jonathan Demme, Gale Ann Hurd and James Cameron. In 1990, Roger Corman wrote the memoir How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime. Written with Jim Jerome, the book chronicles his unique and revolutionary approach to making films. Working with bare-bones budgets, Corman was often required to be hands-on in every aspect of the process from story development to financing, marketing and distribution. With many accolades to his credit, Roger Corman will be recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS) with a well-deserved honorary Oscar™ for life achievement later this year. Past recipients of the International Press Academy's Auteur Awards include: Baz Luhrmann, Julian Schnabel, Robert Altman and George Clooney. A complete list of award show details can be found on www.satelliteawards.org, the official site of the IPA Satellite awards.
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Roger Deakins Honored as the IPA’s 2009 Tesla Award Recipient

Roger Deakins Honored as the IPA’s 2009 Tesla Award Recipient


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Quendrith Johnson or Mirjana Van Blaricom (818) 989-1589 info@pressacademy.com www.pressacademy.com Roger Deakins Honored as the IPA’s 2009 Tesla Award Recipient Los Angeles, CA, November 4, 2009 --The International Press Academy today announced that cinematographer Roger Deakins will receive the 2009 Nikola Tesla Award in Recognition of Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology at this year‟s 14th Annual Satellite Awards™ on Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. Nominated eight times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Roger Deakins‟ creative influence behind the camera can be seen in the „emotional look‟ of films ranging from “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Fargo,” Martin Scorsese‟s “Kundun,” “O Brother Where Art Thou?,” Ron Howard‟s “A Beautiful Mind,” “The House of Sand and Fog,” “Revolutionary Road,” and “Doubt.” In 2007, Deakins received two Oscar™ nominations in the same year for “No Country for Old Men” and “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” IPA first presented the Tesla Award in 2001 to honor game-changing pioneers who influence the way filmed entertainment has evolved. Deakins is credited with being among the first to manipulate film stock using the „bleach bypass‟ method, which leaves a silvery black feel to the images and de-saturates the color as the negative develops. For the film “Assassination of Jesse James,” he created a modified set of lenses now known as “Deakinizers.” On “The Man Who Wasn‟t There,” he created a unique black-and-white look from color stock for Joel and Ethan Coen. Deakins‟ long-standing collaboration with the Coen Bros. dates back to their 1991 dark comedy “Barton Fink,” and has resulted in a remarkable slate of films. “A Serious Man” from Focus Features is his most recent project with the Coens. The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has nominated Roger Deakins a total of nine times for Outstanding Cinematography, with two wins for “Shawshank” and “The Man Who Wasn‟t There.” He has been nominated five times and twice won the BAFTA award for cinematography for “The Man Who Wasn‟t There” and “No Country for Old Men.” His list of awards includes a Satellite Award for “O Brother Where Art Thou” as well as a Satellite nomination for “Assassination of Jesse James.” Deakins has also received the National Board of Review‟s career achievement award for cinematography.
Although the British-born DP is a master of conventional still photography methods and traditional cinematic techniques, he is unique in also being on the vanguard of the Digital
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Intermediary (DI) process. Simply put, the DI process involves digitzing film, and then having the freedom to work with all aspects of the images from color grading, lighting and shading, and even grain structure, before returning the result back to film stock. “O Brother Where Art Thou,” a collaboration with the Coen Brothers, was one of the first films to use this process. When the film started shooting, the technology was in such early stages that it was uncertain if their aim was achievable, however Deakins gambled on the advance of technology during the time between the start of shooting and of post-production. Roger Deakins is also breaking new ground as a visual consultant on animated features. Beginning with Pixar's “WALL•E,” Roger was brought in to help create a unique look for that project, bringing the world of physical production and lighting into the world of animation. He is currently continuing this work on two additional animated projects, “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Rango.” As one of the technical innovators in the industry, Deakins joins the prestigious ranks of Tesla honorees. Past recipients of the International Press Academy's Nikola Tesla Award include: George Lucas, James Cameron, Jerry Lewis, Stan Winston, Richard Donner, Dennis Muren and Rick Baker. A complete list of award show details can be found on www.satelliteawards.org, the official site of the IPA Satellite awards.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Quendrith Johnson or Mirjana Van Blaricom (818) 989-1589 info@pressacademy.com www.pressacademy.com Michael York Honored as the IPA’s 2009 Mary Pickford Award Winner Los Angeles, CA, October 14, 2009 --The International Press Academy today announced that actor Michael York will receive the 2009 Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Industry at this year’s 14th Annual Satellite Awards™ on Sunday, December 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. Spanning 45 years in entertainment, Michael York’s career began on stage in his native England with the National Youth Theatre. After graduating from Oxford University, he joined Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre in 1965 and made his film debut the following year in Franco Zeffirelli’s The Taming of the Shrew with legendary screen couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. He also appeared as Tybalt in the Zeffirelli remake of Romeo and Juliet. York’s movie career now includes more than 60 credits. He dazzled with Liza Minnelli in Bob Fosse’s Cabaret (1972), found heart throb status as d’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1973) and its sequels. York played Logan 5 in cult classic Logan’s Run (1976) opposite the late 70’s icon Farrah Fawcett. Other classic credits include the all-star Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Island of Doctor Moreau (Burt Lancaster version), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) and Billy Wilder’s Fedora (1978). Michael York broke through to a new generation as Basil Exposition, Mike Myer’s boss, in the first installment of the Austin Power’s trilogy in 1997. He played that memorable character in all three of Myer’s spy send-ups, most recently in Goldmember (2002), which was released the same year that York received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This year the distinguished actor stars in The Mill and the Cross (with Rutger Hauer and Charlotte Rampling) and narrates the documentary Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies. Besides playing himself recently in Larry David’s wry sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, York has appeared on The Simpsons and in the 100th episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. The veteran entertainer’s more 80 television credits include several Emmy nominations.
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A multi-talented performer with international appeal, York has appeared on Broadway, and performed at music festivals worldwide. An accomplished author, he is also a Grammy-nominated audio book narrator, as well as a sought-after lecturer on Shakespeare and the history of acting. His distinctive voice is most recently in evidence as the narrator of a new audio version of the entire Bible. Previous awards and honors recognizing the actor’s influential talent include Britain’s OBE and France’s Arts et Lettres. Married to the celebrated photographer, Pat York, he lives in Los Angeles where he is the long-time Chairman of the California Youth Theatre. Michael York’s lifetime contribution to the industry will be celebrated with the IPA’s presentation of the Mary Pickford Award on Dec. 20, with the venue to be announced shortly. Past recipients of the International Press Academy's Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry include: Louis Gossett, Jr., Kathy Bates, Martin Landau, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Arnon Milchan, Robert Evans, Karl Malden, Francis Ford Coppola, Maximilian Schell, Alan J. Pakula, Jodie Foster, and Rod Steiger. Michael York will be the fourteenth recipient of the Mary Pickford Award.
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