Entertainment biz makes cutbacks
Layoffs, budget cuts affecting studios, networks
The downbeat mood of business in the U.S. is pervasive, penetrating even Hollywood's cloistered community. The entertainment biz seems to be battling the psychological effects of the worsening downturn almost as much as it is facing the knife of budget cuts, staff layoffs and general austerity initiatives. Hollywood's output is measured largely in creativity; dour moods do not stimulate creative juices.
Layoffs, budget cuts affecting studios, networks
The downbeat mood of business in the U.S. is pervasive, penetrating even Hollywood's cloistered community. The entertainment biz seems to be battling the psychological effects of the worsening downturn almost as much as it is facing the knife of budget cuts, staff layoffs and general austerity initiatives. Hollywood's output is measured largely in creativity; dour moods do not stimulate creative juices.
Sean Penn fights the underdog fight
Tough actor honored with Stanley Kubrick Award
With the rare exception, Sean Penn doesn't play men of privilege. If the actor was transported back to the '30s and '40s, he'd likely be a contract player at Warner Bros., where talents like Cagney, Bogart and Garfield played streetwise toughs who never got a handout and survived on their wits.
Tough actor honored with Stanley Kubrick Award
With the rare exception, Sean Penn doesn't play men of privilege. If the actor was transported back to the '30s and '40s, he'd likely be a contract player at Warner Bros., where talents like Cagney, Bogart and Garfield played streetwise toughs who never got a handout and survived on their wits.
Off the beaten path, Frears beats the odds
Helmer nabs John Schlesinger Directing Award
The conformist young man from Leicester studying law at Cambridge in the early 1960s somehow wound up being Stephen Frears, an outcome imaginable then to no one and especially not to Stephen Frears.
Helmer nabs John Schlesinger Directing Award
The conformist young man from Leicester studying law at Cambridge in the early 1960s somehow wound up being Stephen Frears, an outcome imaginable then to no one and especially not to Stephen Frears.
Versatile Swinton impossible to ignore
Actress to be honored as British Artist of the Year
When BAFTA's Britannia Awards committee got together to choose its artist of the year for 2008, Tilda Swinton's name came up so often, "You couldn't not give it to her," BAFTA/LA chairman Peter Morris says.
Actress to be honored as British Artist of the Year
When BAFTA's Britannia Awards committee got together to choose its artist of the year for 2008, Tilda Swinton's name came up so often, "You couldn't not give it to her," BAFTA/LA chairman Peter Morris says.
Global crises pull Cheadle into action
Actor to receive BAFTA/LA's Humanitarian Award
BAFTA/LA's presentation of its humanitarian award at tonight's Britannia Awards ceremony to Don Cheadle is a case of life imitating art.
Actor to receive BAFTA/LA's Humanitarian Award
BAFTA/LA's presentation of its humanitarian award at tonight's Britannia Awards ceremony to Don Cheadle is a case of life imitating art.
Inner City Cinema helps revitalize park
BAFTA/LA's community outreach draws big crowds
For an inner-city space like Helen Keller Park in Los Angeles, just a few years can make a major difference.
BAFTA/LA's community outreach draws big crowds
For an inner-city space like Helen Keller Park in Los Angeles, just a few years can make a major difference.
Harry Shearer to host BAFTA Awards
Ceremony set for Nov. 6 at Hyatt Regency
Harry Shearer has been tapped as emcee of the 17th annual British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles Britannia Awards held Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
Ceremony set for Nov. 6 at Hyatt Regency
Harry Shearer has been tapped as emcee of the 17th annual British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles Britannia Awards held Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
BAFTA/LA to honor trio
Org to fete Cheadle, Swinton, Frears
The British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles will honor Don Cheadle, Tilda Swinton and Stephen Frears at its annual awards gala Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
Org to fete Cheadle, Swinton, Frears
The British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles will honor Don Cheadle, Tilda Swinton and Stephen Frears at its annual awards gala Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
BAFTA to honor Sean Penn
Actor to receive Kubrick Britannia nod
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honor Sean Penn with this year’s Stanley Kubrick Britannia nod for excellence in film.
Actor to receive Kubrick Britannia nod
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honor Sean Penn with this year’s Stanley Kubrick Britannia nod for excellence in film.
Sheen to host Britannia Awards
Event to be held at the Hyatt on November 1
Michael Sheen will host the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on November 1.
Event to be held at the Hyatt on November 1
Michael Sheen will host the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on November 1.
BAFTA honors Richard Curtis
Writer/director recognized for humanitarian work
Screenwriter Richard Curtis will be honored with the humanitarian nod at the annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards, to be held Nov. 1.
Writer/director recognized for humanitarian work
Screenwriter Richard Curtis will be honored with the humanitarian nod at the annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards, to be held Nov. 1.
Britannia Awards shoot for Nov. 1
BAFTA/LA honors Kate Winslet, Michael Lynne
BAFTA/LA will honor Kate Winslet, Martin Campbell, Denzel Washington and New Line co-chairmen Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne at its 16th Britannia Awards set to take place Nov. 1 at the Century Plaza Hotel.
BAFTA/LA honors Kate Winslet, Michael Lynne
BAFTA/LA will honor Kate Winslet, Martin Campbell, Denzel Washington and New Line co-chairmen Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne at its 16th Britannia Awards set to take place Nov. 1 at the Century Plaza Hotel.
BAFTA honors Denzel Washington
Actor to receive Kubrick Britannia Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honor Denzel Washington with its Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards.
Actor to receive Kubrick Britannia Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honor Denzel Washington with its Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2007 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards.
Deconstructing Harry
Stanley Kubrick Award: From Westerns to war movies, Eastwood bucks myths
Clint Eastwood will have no truck with heroes, and it's hard not to think that such lack of faith stems to some degree from his experience as America's single most iconic actor. Having launched his career as Leone's fabled Man With No Name, he seems to be on a single-minded mission to restore the names of others -- or, at the very least, to ensure that we know that these people did have names, fears, foibles.
Stanley Kubrick Award: From Westerns to war movies, Eastwood bucks myths
Clint Eastwood will have no truck with heroes, and it's hard not to think that such lack of faith stems to some degree from his experience as America's single most iconic actor. Having launched his career as Leone's fabled Man With No Name, he seems to be on a single-minded mission to restore the names of others -- or, at the very least, to ensure that we know that these people did have names, fears, foibles.
Inner-city screening series opens eyes in Helen Keller Park
BAFTA/LA unspools free new-release movies in South Central Los Angeles
Growing up, Marquise Ortiz, 15, of South Central Los Angeles, saw his local Helen Keller Park as gang property. Murders were the norm. Kids, keep out. Ortiz's after-school options were nil -- the closest movie theater was 30-plus miles away. In eighth grade, his negative attitude hit an all-time low, and his grandmother worried, "What now?"
BAFTA/LA unspools free new-release movies in South Central Los Angeles
Growing up, Marquise Ortiz, 15, of South Central Los Angeles, saw his local Helen Keller Park as gang property. Murders were the norm. Kids, keep out. Ortiz's after-school options were nil -- the closest movie theater was 30-plus miles away. In eighth grade, his negative attitude hit an all-time low, and his grandmother worried, "What now?"
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