Everything cast attend Vanity Fair private party
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
The Everything Everywhere All at Once cast, filmmakers and industry friends attended a private cocktail party hosted by Vanity Fair and Richard Mille on Friday March 10 at the Mandarin Oriental Residences, Beverly Hills. Attendees included cast Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Harry Shum Jr., Jenny Slate, and Tallie Medel; Director Daniel Scheinert. Additional guests included Alex Edelman, Ben Barnes, China Chow, David Byrne, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Lana Condor, Natalie Morales, Roberta Armani, Shirley Kurata, Suzanna Son, Tessa Thompson and more. The party was co-hosted by VF edit ..read more
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LA SXSW Pitch startups: community is key
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
At our Digital LA: Austin Preview panel, LA Startups participating at SXSW Pitch discussed the importance of online community in their development, growth and engagement with their clients, customers, users and fans. Podopolo lets podcasters and fans more easily discover each other and connect. It was founded out of a need for podcast fans to more easily find podcasts they’re interested in. Users increased during pandemic, as users looked for more online content, said Joe Kardon, Podopolo VP of Business Development.   LeadrPro connects buyers and sellers of software for quick and ..read more
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Oscar Week: Animation filmmakers tell their film origin stories
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
The Oscar-nominated animated feature and shorts filmmakers described the development and production of their films at the Academy’s Oscar Week panels at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.  FEATURES Pinocchio: Guillermo del Toro said making a movie is ‘irresistible and suicidal.’ But he likes the challenge of doing something that hasn’t been done before. “I don’t want to make a movie that sounds reasonable,” he said. “Pinocchio took half of my career to get made.” Del Toro said he wanted to make this Pinocchio film different from others by focusing not on Pinocchio wanting to become a re ..read more
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AI Art: Artists give DALL-E v Midjourney tips, debut AI art improv
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
Artists Dulce Baerga and Adam Mutchler discussed tips for using AI art tools DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion at our Digital LA – AI Art panel on March 7 at Matchbox Giant digital gallery in Hollywood. Highlights: AI Art lets non-illustrators create art via prompts (typing into a program). Art is being used in entertainment to concept set design looks for movies, TV shows, games and books; in advertising to ideate logos and advertising campaigns; create characters for D&D, and spawn new AI artists. Dulce said that in addition to her own AI artwork portfolio, she has recently b ..read more
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ASC Awards: Elvis’ Mandy Walker first woman to win Feature Film award
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
Elvis’ Mandy Walker, ASC made history when she became the first women to win the Feature film award at the American Society of Cinematographer Awards held March 5 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. “This is for all the women who will win this award after me,” she said in her acceptance speech, after a standing ovation. She made history during March, Women’s History Month. The award was presented by actress Hong Chau (Whale).   Jake Gyllenhaal presented ASC Career Achievement in Television Award to Fred Murphy, ASC. He did Metro, Mothman Prophecies. Director Alejandro Iñárritu ..read more
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Writers Guild Awards: Everything, Severance, White Lotus win
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
Everything Everywhere All At Once, White Lotus won top honors at the Writers Guild Awards held March 5 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, with concurrent show in New York for radio/news winners.   Everything Everywhere All at Once won Original Screenplay. Winners the Daniels duo accepted the award, thanking friends for reviewing their long script, and the WGA for advocating and negotiating for writers in Hollywood. In the press room, they noticed the winged WGA trophy made a good chin rest, and posed accordingly. Other presenters had been joking about the trophy, calling it a ..read more
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Grammy-winner Dale Edward Chung gives artist advice
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
At our Digital LA – Music Sessions panel, Grammy winner Dale Edward Chung @daleedwardchung gave music advice at our Digital LA – Music Session at Hotel Ziggy on the Sunset Strip. DaleHjust won Best Global music Grammy three weeks ago for Sakura by Masa Takumi. His tips: for artists getting started in the industry: ‘It’s a multilayered answer but it starts with ‘Go and hang out with people that are doing what you want to do and say Hi.’ It can lead to amazing connections.’ Also: Be open to new paths and projects beyond your initial goals. Things can take time, and maybe something else is a ..read more
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Costume Awards: EEAAO, Elvis, Lizzo button up wins
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
Everything Everywhere All at Once, Elvis, Lizzo and Wednesday won awards at the 25th annual Costume Designer Guild Awards held Feb 27 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Angela Bassett, Bette Midler, and Ashley Park (Emily in Paris actress) Angela Bassett won the Spotlight award, presented by Ruth E. Carter, who won an Oscar for costume for her work on Black Panther.   Bette Midler won the Distinguished Collaborator Award, presented by Billy Crystal (Actor, When Harry Met Sally), Salvador Perez (Designer, Hocus Pocus 2), Michael Kaplan (Designer, Big Business).   Add ..read more
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SAG Awards makes history for Asian-American actors
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
COMMENTARY The SAG Awards was so ‘heartfulfilling’ and satisfying any many way. Everything Everywhere All at Once won Ensemble, which is the show’s Best Picture, recognizing casts where they all bring their A for-acting game AND create a vibe chemistry together. So deserve it; they really felt like a family on screen. Michelle Yeoh won Lead Actress, making history as the first Asian-American to win an award in this category! Yeoh the icon is finally getting the recognition she deserves! Ke Huy Quan won Supporting Actor, making history as both the first Asian-American to win this category ..read more
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MPSE Awards: Maverick, Elvis, God of War score wins
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by Kevin Winston
1y ago
Maverick, Banshees, Elvis, and God of War scored awards at the 70th Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Golden Reel Awards held February 26 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards honors outstanding achievement in sound editing in film, TV, games and more.  Jerry Bruckheimer won the Filmmaker Award, presented by Maverick director Joe Kosinski with remote video presentation by Tom Cruise. Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, MPSE won the Career Achievement Award for her career achievements in films including No one show dominated categories, with multiple shows winning awards in film, TV ..read more
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