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"Fire
at Sea" wins Gold Bear and Lav Diaz's "Hele sa
Hiwagan Hapis" wins the Silver
Bear. BERLIN
-- Meryl Streep Wraps up
Berlin Film Festival. The 66-year-old Oscar-winning
actress served on the festival's jury ... During
the festival, she also attended the premiere of the
George Clooney's "Hail, Caesar!"
••••
Meryl Streep and her Berlin
jury have picked the winners of the 66th annual
film fest's Gold and Silver Bears. The most
politically-charged Berlin Film Festival of recent
years came to a head with the awards ceremony for
the winners of the Gold and Silver Bears. Meryl
Streep said of the Golden Bear-winning film "Fire
at Sea" from Gianfranco Rosi:
••••
Three-time Oscar-winner
Streep said her 7-member jury was "swept away" by
Fire at Sea, which she called "urgent, imaginative
and necessary filmmaking." It is a documentary on
the refugee crisis, looking at the island of
Lampadusa in Italy where thousands of refugees have
flooded into Europe. "This is a film that commands
our attention and demands action."
••••
Rosi told reporters after
the awards ceremony late Saturday, February 20,
that he would aim to show the film to the people of
Lampedusa in an open-air screening in the
spring.
••••
The festival had placed a
special spotlight on the refugee issue, after
Germany let in more than 1.1 million asylum seekers
last year.
••••
Donations boxes to support
charities helping torture survivors were placed at
cinema venues, and festival internships and free
tickets were reserved for migrants.
••••
George Clooney, whose Hail,
Caesar! opened the event, even met with German
Chancellor Angela Merkel with his wife Amal "to
talk about how best we can help."
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Lights!
Camera! -Action! at the Berlin Film Festival, Feb.
11 - 21 BERLIN
-- The 11-day Berlinale, one
of the top three cinema showcases in Europe along
with Cannes and Venice, got off to a brilliant
start with the opening film Hail, Caesar! - with
directors Joel & Ethan Coen as well as actors
George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin,
Channing Tatum and Alden Ehrenreich in attendance
&endash; the spectacular list of stars continues:
Pernilla August, Susanne Bier, Daniel Brühl,
Daniel Burman, Isabel Coixet, Doris Dörrie,
Kirsten Dunst, Colin Firth, Greta Gerwig, Brendan
Gleeson, Isabelle Huppert, Julia Jentsch, Denis
Lavant, Jude Law, Spike Lee, Laura Linney, Julianne
Moore, Cynthia Nixon, Guy Pearce, Michael
Peña, Tim Robbins, Gianfranco Rosi, James
Schamus, Michael Shannon, Alexander
Skarsgård, André
Téchiné, Emma Thompson, Wayne Wang,
and many more, have all put in appearances during
the first half of this year's Berlinale.
••••
There were standing ovations for Jury President
Meryl Streep who - with her co-jurors Lars
Eidinger, Nick James, Brigitte Lacombe, Clive Owen,
Alba Rohrwacher and Ma?gorzata Szumowska - will
award the Berlinale's main prizes on February 20.
••••
•••• And
so far the turnout of visitors at the 66th Berlin
International Film Festival has been tremendous. At
half time, almost 250,000 tickets have been
sold.••••
••••
Closing & Award Ceremony of the 66th Berlin
International Film Festival will take place
February 20. • Plight of refugees
••••
This year's Berlin Film Festival shines a spotlight
on the plight of refugees in a string of
documentaries and movies as Europe s endures the
largest refugee influx since World War II, with 1.1
million asylum seekers arriving in Germany last
year, the theme of migration will be omnipresent at
the festival and the politically attuned showcase
hopes to attract refugees as well as film fans this
year.
••••
Jay Weissberg, a Europe-based critic for trade
publication Variety, said it was no surprise that
the Berlin festival would make refugees a theme at
a time when Europe is wrestling with how to deal
with the millions fleeing to its shores.
••••
•The
festival that began in 1951 when Germany -- and
Europe -- was recovering from a war that had
uprooted millions of people is making an extra
effort to welcome the latest wave of refugees who
have fled war in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere.
••••Refugees
will be taken behind the scenes of the festival,
some accompanied by NGO workers who are helping
them to adjust to life in Germany, and there will
be a refugee-staffed food truck serving up
Mediterranean fare with the aid of a celebrity
chef, the festival said in a statement.
••••
Kosslick, the festival's director, told Reuters in
an interview that without losing sight of its
primary goal of presenting the best of world
cinema, this year's Berlinale is programmed in part
to show why people become refugees.
••••
"If you lose your homeland
you don't lose it because you want to leave your
house, you want to leave your garden, your flowers,
your family," Kosslick said. "You want to be happy,
and you are leaving because you are not happy and
this is the way you can see the whole
Berlinale."
Germany has taken in more than a million refugees
over the past year, the largest number of any
European country.
••••
The Berlinale's European
Film Market (EFM) is also heading for success in
2016. This international platform for trading in
film rights and audio-visual content has again
registered a rising number of visitors and
exhibitors.
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Cory's Road to
China>
First American to perform on Stage in China,
PRC.
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Troy Cory was among the first international
entertainers and the first American entertainer to
perform in the People's Republic of China,
beginning in 1988. In itself a notable
culture-historical feat, in view of China's closed
door policies of the late 70s and well into the
80s. The PRC's administrative climate in comparison
is much less restrictive now and China's open door
policy enables many entertainers to introduce
themselves to the populace Chinese
audiences•
•
•
• Back in the 80s, as a
goodwill ambassador representing the U.S.A., Troy
Cory and his back-up dancers and singers, "The
Brooke Sisters," were the first entertainers from
the United States to appear in a full staged
program in the People's Republic of China during
the Shanghai TV Festival, and televised on China's
National Television (CCTV), viewed by over 300
million
people.•
•
•
• It was there Cory met
Jiang Zemin, then mayor of Shanghai, and who later
became the 5th President of the People's Republic
of China.•
•
•
• • The '88
Shanghai Concert was the beginnings of Troy's
concert tours in China for the next two decades.
The concerts, just to name a few, included the
following cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Anshan,
Harbin, Fuzhou and and Tsingtao (Qingdao) •
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THE REEL
AWARDS Las
Vegas, NV -- Lights! Cameras! Action!
International Celebrity Images will present
The 22nd Production of THE REEL AWARDS, an
entertaining two and a half-hour tongue in cheek
parody, homage, spoof and tribute to the real
Academy Awards, on Monday, February 22, 2016 at the
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino; 129 East Fremont
Street; Las Vegas, NV 89101. Then, from
Tuesday through Thursday, February 23 &endash; 25,
2016, the Tribute Artists Convention will be
presented at the hotel as well.
••••
The roster of Celebrity Impersonators and
Look-Alikes has made this event a favorite with the
general public and media alike. THE REEL
AWARDS have been featured in the media from Los
Angeles to Austria, Japan and Israel, as well as on
the BBC, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Bill Geist and CBS
Sunday Morning Show, On Air With Ryan Seacrest, E!
Entertainment, People Magazine, The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal, to name a few.
•••
Unlike the real Academy Awards where the winners
receive gold Oscar statuettes, winning recipients
of THE REEL AWARDS are presented with a 16 inch
inscribed "film reel can" by fellow Celebrity
Impersonators in awards show style. In other
words, "The Can Please!" Recipients of THE
REEL AWARDS are nominated by their industry peers
through an electronic ballot process based on their
performances and accomplishments throughout the
year.
••••
Tribute Artist Talent from around the world
and throughout the United States will be in
attendance paying tribute to real celebrities like:
Pamela Anderson, Boy George, Britney Spears, Sharon
Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Walter White, George
Michael, Tina Turner, Cher, Hillary Clinton, Donald
Trump, Hugh Hefner, Austin Pwers, Mae West, Dame
Edna, Johnny Dep, Robin Wiliams, Lady Gaga, Carmen
Miranda, Sean Connery, Neil Daimond, Elvis Presley,
Taylor Swift, Sophia Loren, Tim McGraw, Clay
Walker, Trinity from The Matrix, Marilyn Monrose,
Marthe Steward, Whoopi Gold berg, Mariah Cary,
Frank Sinatra, Robert DewNiro, Elizabeth Taylor,
Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Dolly Parton, Bette
Midler, Big
& RICH and
more… For
More, please
visit www.thereelawards.com.
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The
2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon will take
place on on February 13,
2016;
followed by the
annual Skechers Performance on Valentine's Day,
February
14th. By Gary
Sunkin
••••
LA MARATHON LLC, a subsidiary of McCourt Global and
host of the iconic Skechers Performance Los Angeles
Marathon, introduced its new Master Brand, Conqur
Endurance Group, a global company that designs,
markets and executes a series of extraordinary
endurance events. The bold new brand reflects the
company's growth, with the addition of new
properties to its portfolio, along with its vision
to channel the vibrancy of Los Angeles into
experiences for individuals and communities to
exceed extraordinary limits.
••••
Building upon its marquee event, the Skechers
Performance Los Angeles Marathon, Conqur has added
a half marathon to its portfolio - the Pasadena
Half Marathon at the Rose Bowl taking place on
January 22, 2017. Additional properties within
••••
This year, Conqur Endurance
Group will unite runners and the community to
celebrate the most epic running week in U.S.
history by hosting the U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Marathon on Saturday, February 13th, followed by
the annual Skechers Performance Los Angeles
Marathon on Valentine's Day, February 14th.
••••
The annual Skechers
Performance Los Angeles Marathon continues to rise
to prominence as one of the largest marathons in
the country. With back-to-back sold out fields in
2014 and 2015, increased international
participation, and more than $4 million raised
annually for charities worldwide, approximately
26,000 runners are expected to register to take on
the iconic "Stadium to the Sea" course next month.
Over the past year, the race has brought on four
new marquee sponsors, including title sponsor
Skechers Performance, Fitbit, Air France and Angel
City Brewery. •
Broadcast live
nationally on NBC.
Conqur is proudly hosting the 2016 U.S. Olympic
Team Trials Marathon on February 13, 2016, the day
before the annual Skechers Performance Los Angeles
Marathon. For the first time in event history, the
Trials will be broadcast live nationally, on NBC.
The Trials will deliver a record $600,000 prize
purse and will see the largest ever number of elite
participants, with more than 350 runners competing
for a spot on Team USA for Rio 2016. In preparation
for hosting the Trials, Conqur expanded its team
with the addition of seven industry experts across
multiple divisions including marketing, operations,
and trials support.
•
L.A. Marathon Results: Los Angeles Marathon from
Dodgers Stadium to the Sea with 26,000 runners. Weldon Kirui of Kenya has won the 2016
Skechers Performance Los Angeles at 2 hours,16mins
and 6 sec; Natalya Lehonkova Wins Women's
Race
at 2:30:42 Women's Olympic Marathon Trials
••••
The quartet of Shalane
Flanagan, Desi Linden, Kara Goucher, and Amy Cragg
battled for the three Olympic spots at the 2016 US
Olympic Marathon Trials.
••••
The big surprise was
obviously the win by Amy Cragg, who finished 4th
four years ago. Amy Cragg who missed a chance to
run to win in the London games by one place four
years ago, won the US Olympics woman's marathon
trial in Los Angeles She covered the 26.2 in a
unoffical 2:28:20. 2 hours 28 minutes 20
seconds.
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The Revenant wins big at the Directors Guild
Awards, Feb.
6 LOS
ANGELES&endash; The winners of the Directors Guild
of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Awards for 2015 were announced during the
68th Annual DGA Awards at the Hyatt Regency
Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
••••
In a historic win, Alejandro G.
Iñárritu won the DGA's Award for
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
for The Revenant. Mr. Iñárritu is the
first director to win the award in back-to-back
years. He won this Award last year for Birdman or
(The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
•••
Actor Jane
Lynch hosted the ceremony before an audience of
more than 1,600 guests. Presenters included
(in alphabetical order): Christian Bale, DGA
President Paris Barclay; Angela Bassett; Abigail
Breslin; Steve Carrell; James Corden; Bryan
Cranston; Matt Damon; Leonardo DiCaprio; DGA
Fifth Vice President Jon Favreau; Ryan
Gosling; Kathy Griffin; Tom Hooper; Regina King;
Christian Jules Le Blanc; Jennifer Jason Leigh;
Rachel McAdams; DGA National Vice President Vincent
Misiano; Nate Parker; Jeff Probst; Steven
Spielberg; Michelle Stafford; and Lily Tomlin.
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The 22nd Screen Actors Guild
Awards -
TVI MAGAZINE LOS ANGELES --
The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild
Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen
Actors Guild Awards, LLC will be produced by Avalon
Harbor
Entertainment, Inc. and simulcast
live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 30,
2016
• Screen
Actors Guild Award, Winners (2016) Leonardo
DiCaprio, Spotlight, Jeffrey Tambor, Uzo Aduba,
Brie Larson, Downton Abbey, Orange Is the New
Black, Alicia Vikander, Idris Elba, Viola Davis,
Kevin Spacey, Idris Elba, Mad Max: Fury Road, Game
of Thrones, Queen Latifah; Life Time Achievment
Award to Carol Burnett. • Presenters
Priyanka Chopra, Brie Larson, Eva
Longoria, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Sarah
Silverman and Jacob Tremblay will be presenters at
the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®,
Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced.
••••
They join a growing roster of actors who will honor
their colleagues at the SAG
Awards® Ceremony.
••••
Tina Fey and
Amy Poehler will present the Life Achievement Award
to comedic trailblazer, actor, singer, dancer,
producer and author Carol Burnett live at the 22nd
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive
Producer Kathy Connell announced today. Click
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The Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show
LOS ANGLES -- The 12th
Annual Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show will
take place the weekend of February 27-28, 2016 at
the Long Beach Convention Center.
••••
The Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show
is THE place to get great travel story
ideas, interview travel experts and show executives
on travel trends, and capture amazing photos all
under one roof. The only travel show in Los
Angeles showcases hundreds of captivating worldwide
destinations from India to the Caribbean to
California drive vacations.
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The Internet of Things at
CES "Things that didn't Internet before
are now
Internetting." ••••
As CES ballooned into an overwhelming crush of
products, in recent years, longtime attendees
griped about too much stuff and not enough
substance. ••••
It is stimated that 6.4 billion connected gadgets
will be in use worldwide by the end of this year,
rising to almost 21 billion by 2020. Roughly 5.5
million devices are hooked up to the Internet of
Things every day.
Susan Etlinger, an analyst with San Francisco
tech-research firm Altimeter Group, predicted that
control of smart-device data will be the focus of
aggressive industry lobbying in years ahead. Click
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BURNS TO RIDE IN THE 127TH TOURNAMENT OF ROSES®
PARADE AS GRAND
MARSHAL
--TVI MAGAZINE PASADENA, Calif. --
Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, who has directed
and produced some of the most admired documentaries
about the history of the United States, was
selected as the 2016 Tournament of Roses Grand
Marshal.
••••
Throughout his almost 40-year career making
documentary films, Burns, age 62, has been honored
with countless awards, including 14 Emmy®
Awards, two Grammy® Awards and two Oscar®
nominations. Burns will ride in the 127th Rose
Parade® presented by Honda, themed "Find Your
Adventure" on January 1, 2016.
••••••••
"The Rose Parade is an annual tradition woven into
the fabric of America, so it's such an honor to be
chosen as the Grand Marshal," said Burns. "I've
never been to the Parade in person, so this will be
a new adventure for me. I'm looking forward to
sharing the experience with my family and all the
fans of the Rose Parade who will be watching on New
Year's Day."
•••••••
Burn's next film, Jackie Robinson, made with his
daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon,
will air on PBS on April 11 and 12, 2016.
••••
Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953. He
graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst,
Massachusetts, in 1975 and went on to be one of the
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115 IOWA AND STANFORD TO PLAY IN 2016 ROSE BOWL
GAME , PRESENTED BY NORTHWESTERN
MUTUAL•By:
Gary Sunkin
••••
PASADENA, Calif. -- The No.
5 CFP- Iowa Hawkeyes, runner-up of the Big Ten
Conferenc and No. 6 CFP-ranked Stanford Cardinal,
champions of the Pac-12 Conference have won berths
in the 2016 to play in Rose Bowl Game presented by
Northwestern Mutual in Pasadena, California on
Friday January 1st, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m.
ET), at the Rose Bowl Stadium.
••••••••The
102nd Rose Bowl Game will mark the first-ever
meeting in history between the Hawkeyes and the
Cardinal.
••••Pre-game
festivities on January 1, will begin at 1:30 p.m.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Click
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