SAG-AFTRA is honoring producers of “It’s Been a Minute With Sam Sanders,” Hulu’s TV series “Ramy” and the remix of “Old Town Road” with its American Scene Awards.
The awards will be presented on Oct. 11 as part of the union’s biannual convention at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The awards honor producers who realistically portray the American scene by employing union talent from misrepresented or underrepresented groups.
NPR was selected for the Beltva Davis News and Broadcast Award for “It’s Been a Minute With Sam Sanders.” Hulu and A24 are receiving the Entertainment Award for “Ramy,” starring Ramy Yousseff. The Music and Sound Recordings trophy will go to Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment for Lil Nas X’s remix of “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
Winners were selected for work that exemplifies equal access and full inclusion of diverse backgrounds,...
The awards will be presented on Oct. 11 as part of the union’s biannual convention at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The awards honor producers who realistically portray the American scene by employing union talent from misrepresented or underrepresented groups.
NPR was selected for the Beltva Davis News and Broadcast Award for “It’s Been a Minute With Sam Sanders.” Hulu and A24 are receiving the Entertainment Award for “Ramy,” starring Ramy Yousseff. The Music and Sound Recordings trophy will go to Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment for Lil Nas X’s remix of “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
Winners were selected for work that exemplifies equal access and full inclusion of diverse backgrounds,...
- 10/8/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “The Hummingbird Project” will kick off the Vancouver Film Festival, SAG-aftra honors John Carter Brown, and Belva Davis and Gregg Sulkin has joined the cast of “This is the Year.”
Film Festival
The Vancouver International Film Festival will kick off its 16-day run on Sept. 27 with “The Hummingbird Project,” starring Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard.
The duo are playing cousins intent on creating a 1,000-mile-long fibre-optic cable that will shave a critical millisecond off of stock transactions. Kim Nguyen directed “The Hummingbird Project,” which also stars Salma Hayek as their former boss. The film premieres Sept. 8 at the Toronto Film Festival.
The Vancouver Festival will holds its BC Spotlight Gala on Oct. 6 with the world premiere of Robin Hays’ “Anthem of a Teenage Prophet,” starring Cameron Monaghan (“Shameless”) as a teenager that predicted the death of his best friend and spirals into more macabre premonitions.
Film Festival
The Vancouver International Film Festival will kick off its 16-day run on Sept. 27 with “The Hummingbird Project,” starring Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard.
The duo are playing cousins intent on creating a 1,000-mile-long fibre-optic cable that will shave a critical millisecond off of stock transactions. Kim Nguyen directed “The Hummingbird Project,” which also stars Salma Hayek as their former boss. The film premieres Sept. 8 at the Toronto Film Festival.
The Vancouver Festival will holds its BC Spotlight Gala on Oct. 6 with the world premiere of Robin Hays’ “Anthem of a Teenage Prophet,” starring Cameron Monaghan (“Shameless”) as a teenager that predicted the death of his best friend and spirals into more macabre premonitions.
- 9/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Belva Davis and John Carter Brown will be this year’s recipients of SAG-AFTRA’s Howard Keel Award, which is presented in recognition of their significant contributions to the 160,000-member union.
Davis was the first African-American woman hired as a television reporter at San Francisco’s Kpix-TV 5 in 1966. She served on the board of AFTRA’s San Francisco local, was elected board president in 1978 and served as an AFTRA vice president. She continued to serve as a national leader of the union from the 1980s through the merger with SAG in 2012. She also served as AFTRA’s national Eeo Committee chair for more than 12 years and was instrumental in creating the union’s American Scene Awards, which are bestowed on productions that represent a realistic portrayal of American diversity.
Brown, whose TV credits include Boss, ER and Prison Break, has served on the SAG-aftra national board since...
Davis was the first African-American woman hired as a television reporter at San Francisco’s Kpix-TV 5 in 1966. She served on the board of AFTRA’s San Francisco local, was elected board president in 1978 and served as an AFTRA vice president. She continued to serve as a national leader of the union from the 1980s through the merger with SAG in 2012. She also served as AFTRA’s national Eeo Committee chair for more than 12 years and was instrumental in creating the union’s American Scene Awards, which are bestowed on productions that represent a realistic portrayal of American diversity.
Brown, whose TV credits include Boss, ER and Prison Break, has served on the SAG-aftra national board since...
- 9/5/2018
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
AFTRA's governing body has re-elected John Connolly as president, capping a convention that also saw the election of 11 national officers and the passage of two constitutional amendments. Connolly was voted a third two-year term in the third and final day of the 60th convention, which wrapped up in the early morning hours of Sunday in Los Angeles. Actor Marvin Kaplan was the only other presidential candidate. "I will do my best to maintain the trust you have placed in me," Connolly said. Bob Edwards and Roberta Reardon were re-elected to national 1st vp and national 2nd vp, respectively. Elected as vp were Ron Morgan (Los Angeles), Lainie Cooke (New York), Shelby Scott (Boston), Belva Davis (San Francisco), Dave Corey (Miami), Dick Kay (Chicago) and David Hartley-Margoin (Denver). Matt Kimbrough (Los Angeles) was elected recording secretary, and Mitchell McGuire (New York) was re-elected treasurer.
- 7/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFTRA's governing body has re-elected John Connolly as president, capping a convention that also saw the election of 11 national officers and the passage of two constitutional amendments. Connolly was voted a third two-year term in the third and final day of the 60th convention, which wrapped up in the early morning hours of Sunday in Los Angeles. Actor Marvin Kaplan was the only other presidential candidate. "I will do my best to maintain the trust you have placed in me," Connolly said. Bob Edwards and Roberta Reardon were re-elected to national 1st vp and national 2nd vp, respectively. Elected as vp were Ron Morgan (Los Angeles), Lainie Cooke (New York), Shelby Scott (Boston), Belva Davis (San Francisco), Dave Corey (Miami), Dick Kay (Chicago) and David Hartley-Margoin (Denver). Matt Kimbrough (Los Angeles) was elected recording secretary, and Mitchell McGuire (New York) was re-elected treasurer.
- 7/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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