Classic Orson Welles, Writers Boot Camp, People's Choice Awards,
NAMM Music Market, Trailblazers of
Keynotes by Bill Gates, Sir Howard Stringer, Paul Otellini and
Terry Semel to name a few, are given at the Digital Hollywood at
CES in Las Vegas, running through January 8. Classic Orson
Welles Films will be screened January 4-8 in a retrospect
presented by American Cinematheque in Santa Monica. IFFLA has
announced that the Third Annual Storyboard Contest for
California Youth between the ages of 8 to 17 will be held in
Santa Monica on January 6. The National Society of Film Critics
makes its awards announcement January 7 in New York, The very
next day New York Film Critics makes its Circle Awards
announcement in the very same town. A six-day January 8 Writers
Boot Camp in Santa Monica seeks to help writers turn an idea
into a fully devloped first draft in one month's time. A BMI
Acoustic Lounge showcase on January 9 in Los Angeles, makes for
good networking as well as a chance to be heard, and admission
is free. The 22nd Annual KidFilm Festival running January 9-22
in Dallas, has a diverse lineup of films and videos for children
and adults, and gives audiences of all ages an opportunity to
see (and discuss) family films together. At a January 9 program
in Beverly Hills, the Museum of Television & Radio presents
reception, performance, screening and CD signing for an evening
program titled "Remembering Ricky Nelson: A Special Evening of
Music and Memories".
The 32nd Annual People's Choice Awards will be held in Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 10 as well as be broadcast
on CBS. The NAACP Image Awards nominations announcements will be
made in Beverly Hills on January 10. The National Board of
Review of Motion Pictures throws its Film Awards Gala at a New
York location on January 10. The 33rd Annual International
Association for Jazz Education Conference addresses education,
teacher training and networking as well as slated performances,
during its January 11-14 run in New York. Novelist/PR consultant
Anthony Mora discusses the tools and Techniques that create your
face in the marketplace of art, entertainment and ideas in a
program he leads titled "P.R. For Artists" on January 11 in Los
Angeles. Women In Film host a networking breakfast in Palm
Springs on January 14 where you can talk about yourself
'one-on-one' with other members and let them know what you are
looking for on the next step of your career path. Gender Blender
is a Golden Globe viewing party and reception put on by DIVA and
Instinct Magazine in West Hollywood, January 16. The Los Angeles
Film Critics Association hosts their 31st Annual LAFCalifornia
Awards honoring their selections on January 17 in Los Angeles.
The NAMM International Music Market 2006 has Pre-show
performances, stages with live music throughout the day, NAMM
University, parties, concerts and clubs, and much more, when it
gets underway January 19-22 in Anaheim. For the BMI Trailblazers
of Gospel Music Luncheon at Stellar Awards on January 20 in
Nashville, BMI has announced that The Hawkins Family and Bishop
Paul Morton will be honored at the Trailblazers of Gospel Music
Awards Luncheon. At the West Hollywood located Emerge Music
Workshop on January 21, music industry panelists Rob Cavallo,
Fred Croshal, Don Gilmore and others discuss record production
and offer advice to developing artists. Independent and major
record companies, music publishers, and nearly anyone else
involved in some way with the music industry attend the annual
MIDEM International Music Market, running January 22-26 in
Cannes. NATPE 2006 is slated to run January 24-26 this year in
Las Vegas.
At the 35th Annual Rotterdam International Film Festival people
assembled in teams can explore the possibilities of live cinema;
film projection as performance and film projection as
installation, at the festival running January 25 to February 5.
The Animex Awards in London honors the many and varied uses of
the animated medium when it take place on January 26. Blues
Foundation hosts the International Blues Challenge, a showcase
for blues musicians ready to take their act to the national
stage taking place January 26-28 in Memphis. Writers Guild
Foundation presents Robin Swicord, whose screenwriting credits
include Memoirs of a Geisha as well as other works, to talk
about her career, followed by audience Q&A, January 26 in Los
Angeles. At Directors Boot Camp, designed for everyone who wants
to improve their skills at: directing actors and crew, assistant
directing, producing, production design, script supervising,
camera, lights, sound and acting on camera, sessions run January
28-29 in Buckhead. The 12th Annual SAG Awards is slated for
January 29 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and tickets are
limited to SAG members, but information on Branch Viewing
Parties will be made available. The 23rd CineMart at Rotterdam
International Film Festival will be held January 29 to February
2 in conjunction with Rotterdam International Film Festival
offering ways to finance low- and medium-budget film projects.
The 78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations will be announced at
a Beverly Hills reception leading up to the actual Academy
Awards ceremonies slated for March 5 at Kodak Theatre.
The above events are only a sampling of what is listed. Many of
the events above have a submission process for indie and/or
performing artists to take part in. Complete details are on the
"Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and
Events" page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html.
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