S.I. Newhouse Jr., who ran the Conde Nast publishing empire that included magazine giants such as Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker, died Sunday at the age of 89. Newhouse, who was known as “Si,” and his younger brother, Donald, inherited a publishing company from their father, Solomon I. Newhouse. While Donald oversaw the newspaper and cable television division of the privately held Advance Publications, Si Newhouse built up the glossy magazine empire. Together they built one of the largest private companies in the world, according to Forbes, with 2016 revenues estimated at $2.4 billion. Also Read: Glamour's Cindi Leive Becomes 4th.
- 10/1/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The Institute announced on Monday its new Sundance Ignite project aimed at aspiring 18-to-24-year-olds.
The initiative will host an online short film challenge with five winners in the frame to attend the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City.
Organisers will accept submissions ranging from one to eight minutes exploring interpretations of the theme ‘What’s Next?’
Sundance Ignite has support from Adobe through its Project 1324 initiative, as well as S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications, the College Of Visual Performing Arts at Syracuse University, and Chapman University.
Organisers will accept submissions from October 29 through November 16 here.
“Sundance Institute has always been defined by the spirit of discovery, and eager to advance original voices of new generations of storytellers,” said Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam.
“By collaborating with Adobe’s Project 1324 and its global community of young creatives, our new Sundance Ignite programme asks 18-to-24-year-olds to pick up their cameras or iPhones and show us...
The initiative will host an online short film challenge with five winners in the frame to attend the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City.
Organisers will accept submissions ranging from one to eight minutes exploring interpretations of the theme ‘What’s Next?’
Sundance Ignite has support from Adobe through its Project 1324 initiative, as well as S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications, the College Of Visual Performing Arts at Syracuse University, and Chapman University.
Organisers will accept submissions from October 29 through November 16 here.
“Sundance Institute has always been defined by the spirit of discovery, and eager to advance original voices of new generations of storytellers,” said Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam.
“By collaborating with Adobe’s Project 1324 and its global community of young creatives, our new Sundance Ignite programme asks 18-to-24-year-olds to pick up their cameras or iPhones and show us...
- 10/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Horizon Award, an annual competitive accolade and cash prize established to create new opportunities for young female directors, has launched its second annual Indiegogo campaign. Founded by acclaimed independent film producers Cassian Elwes ("Dallas Buyers Club"), Lynette Howell ("Mississippi Grind"), and Christine Vachon ("Carol"), the campaign will make it possible for two young women to experience an all-expense paid mentorship at Sundance 2016, in addition to a cash prize.
Contribute to the Indiegogo campaign Here
“Our hope is that this initiative will help us identify talent early so that we can support these young female filmmakers as they navigate the hurdles that exist in our business,“ said Cassian Elwes.
“Women in Film believe that real life experiences and hands-on mentorship are foundational requirements to help women in media be active in overcoming gender disparity. We’re thrilled to be a partner in this worthwhile project that Cassian, Christine, and Lynette have established,” said Women in Film President Cathy Schulman.
The Horizon Award’s mission is to confront the disparity in female to male directors by rewarding female student talent with mentorship, access, and an opportunity to showcase their work to influential producers, agents, and festival and industry executives at Sundance, the home of American independent film. Additionally, the Horizon Award seeks to engage, encourage, and heighten the profile of young female filmmakers. Elwes, Howell and Vachon are partnering with The Black List, Indiegogo, Sundance Institute, Twitter, Vimeo and Women in Film in this effort.
The disparity between the numbers of female to male directors is well established and has been making headlines in entertainment news. Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union (Aclu) triggered a government investigation into the “systematic failure to hire women directors at all levels of the film and TV industry in violation of state and federal civil rights laws.” The Aclu’s statistical evidence, including anecdotal accounts of 50 women directors, shines a glaring light on the disparities endemic to the hiring practices of women directors.
The Horizon Award was launched in 2014 in response to two Women in Film studies: The first showed that only 9% of the 250 top grossing films in 2012 were directed by women. Earlier this year, Women in Film published a follow up study that revealed that of the top 100 domestic grossing movies in 2014, only 1.9% had a female director.
Last year’s Horizon Award Indiegogo campaign was a tremendous success with the $15,000 goal being surpassed by nearly $4,000 dollars. This year, the goal has been raised to $20,000, the last $5,000 of which will be donated by Elwes. The money raised by the campaign will help cover travel, lodging, and living expenses in Park City, as well as the further development and management of the award in years to come.
The inaugural Horizon Award was presented to Syracuse University student Verónica Ortiz-Calderón for her film "Y Ya No Te Gustas" (And You Don’t Like Yourself Anymore) at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Ortiz-Calderón’s winning short was selected from more than 400 submissions and premiered at the festival.
Since winning the Horizon Award, Ortiz-Calderón has produced her second short film, attended the Cannes Film Festival, won the Louise Schiavoni Award for Outstanding Junior Woman in Communications at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and has several projects in development. “For me, winning the Horizon Award was not only an unforgettable experience, it was a life-changing one that gives voice and meaning to stories and people that might otherwise be silent and forgotten,” said Ortiz-Calderón.
The application process for the award calls for candidates to submit a self-directed film that is two minutes or less to the Horizon Award’s website ( www.horizonaward.org). A blue ribbon panel of notable female directors, producers, and industry leaders (to be announced) will review the films, with the two winners to be selected by Elwes, Howell, and Vachon. Submissions begin immediately and will close December 14th, 2015.
Contribute to the Indiegogo campaign Here
“Our hope is that this initiative will help us identify talent early so that we can support these young female filmmakers as they navigate the hurdles that exist in our business,“ said Cassian Elwes.
“Women in Film believe that real life experiences and hands-on mentorship are foundational requirements to help women in media be active in overcoming gender disparity. We’re thrilled to be a partner in this worthwhile project that Cassian, Christine, and Lynette have established,” said Women in Film President Cathy Schulman.
The Horizon Award’s mission is to confront the disparity in female to male directors by rewarding female student talent with mentorship, access, and an opportunity to showcase their work to influential producers, agents, and festival and industry executives at Sundance, the home of American independent film. Additionally, the Horizon Award seeks to engage, encourage, and heighten the profile of young female filmmakers. Elwes, Howell and Vachon are partnering with The Black List, Indiegogo, Sundance Institute, Twitter, Vimeo and Women in Film in this effort.
The disparity between the numbers of female to male directors is well established and has been making headlines in entertainment news. Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union (Aclu) triggered a government investigation into the “systematic failure to hire women directors at all levels of the film and TV industry in violation of state and federal civil rights laws.” The Aclu’s statistical evidence, including anecdotal accounts of 50 women directors, shines a glaring light on the disparities endemic to the hiring practices of women directors.
The Horizon Award was launched in 2014 in response to two Women in Film studies: The first showed that only 9% of the 250 top grossing films in 2012 were directed by women. Earlier this year, Women in Film published a follow up study that revealed that of the top 100 domestic grossing movies in 2014, only 1.9% had a female director.
Last year’s Horizon Award Indiegogo campaign was a tremendous success with the $15,000 goal being surpassed by nearly $4,000 dollars. This year, the goal has been raised to $20,000, the last $5,000 of which will be donated by Elwes. The money raised by the campaign will help cover travel, lodging, and living expenses in Park City, as well as the further development and management of the award in years to come.
The inaugural Horizon Award was presented to Syracuse University student Verónica Ortiz-Calderón for her film "Y Ya No Te Gustas" (And You Don’t Like Yourself Anymore) at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Ortiz-Calderón’s winning short was selected from more than 400 submissions and premiered at the festival.
Since winning the Horizon Award, Ortiz-Calderón has produced her second short film, attended the Cannes Film Festival, won the Louise Schiavoni Award for Outstanding Junior Woman in Communications at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and has several projects in development. “For me, winning the Horizon Award was not only an unforgettable experience, it was a life-changing one that gives voice and meaning to stories and people that might otherwise be silent and forgotten,” said Ortiz-Calderón.
The application process for the award calls for candidates to submit a self-directed film that is two minutes or less to the Horizon Award’s website ( www.horizonaward.org). A blue ribbon panel of notable female directors, producers, and industry leaders (to be announced) will review the films, with the two winners to be selected by Elwes, Howell, and Vachon. Submissions begin immediately and will close December 14th, 2015.
- 9/25/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The competitive honour to create new opportunities for young female directors launched its second annual Indiegogo campaign on Thursday.
The campaign will enable two young women to experience an all-expenses-paid mentorship at Sundance 2016 in addition to a cash prize.
The Horizon Award is funded by independent producers Cassian Elwes, Lynette Howell and Christine Vachon, who are partnering with The Black List, Indiegogo, Sundance Institute, Twitter, Vimeo and Women in Film.
Candidates must submit a self-directed film that is two minutes or less and the submission deadline is December 14.
“Our hope is that this initiative will help us identify talent early so that we can support these young female filmmakers as they navigate the hurdles that exist in our business,” said Elwes (pictured).
“Women in Film believe that real life experiences and hands-on mentorship are foundational requirements to help women in media be active in overcoming gender disparity,” said Women in Film president Cathy Schulman. “We’re thrilled...
The campaign will enable two young women to experience an all-expenses-paid mentorship at Sundance 2016 in addition to a cash prize.
The Horizon Award is funded by independent producers Cassian Elwes, Lynette Howell and Christine Vachon, who are partnering with The Black List, Indiegogo, Sundance Institute, Twitter, Vimeo and Women in Film.
Candidates must submit a self-directed film that is two minutes or less and the submission deadline is December 14.
“Our hope is that this initiative will help us identify talent early so that we can support these young female filmmakers as they navigate the hurdles that exist in our business,” said Elwes (pictured).
“Women in Film believe that real life experiences and hands-on mentorship are foundational requirements to help women in media be active in overcoming gender disparity,” said Women in Film president Cathy Schulman. “We’re thrilled...
- 9/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Syracuse University will be naming a renovated broadcast studio on its campus after late television producer, and alumnus, Dick Clark, the university announced on Wednesday (June 5).
Clark's family, through the Dick Clark Foundation, donated $5 million to rebuild the studio on the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The renovation, which cost a total of $18 million, is scheduled to be finished in September of 2014.
When the studio was built in 1974, it was state of the art, but Dean Lorraine Branham says its now putting the journalism school's radio and television broadcasting programs at a "competitive disadvantage," the AP reports. The renovation is expected to make production studios and classroom space fully digital.
Clark graduated from Syracuse in 1951 before going on to host "American Bandstand" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve," among others. ...
Clark's family, through the Dick Clark Foundation, donated $5 million to rebuild the studio on the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The renovation, which cost a total of $18 million, is scheduled to be finished in September of 2014.
When the studio was built in 1974, it was state of the art, but Dean Lorraine Branham says its now putting the journalism school's radio and television broadcasting programs at a "competitive disadvantage," the AP reports. The renovation is expected to make production studios and classroom space fully digital.
Clark graduated from Syracuse in 1951 before going on to host "American Bandstand" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve," among others. ...
- 6/6/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Editor Graydon Carter, 63, has been a fixture at Vanity Fair since 1992. Keith Kelly reports that he's having a bumpy time renegotiating his contract, which is up in July, with Conde Nast CEO Charles Townsend, rather than S.I. Newhouse. Carter has enjoyed his expansive lifestyle, riding the magazine through more heady times, from annual Oscar and Cannes bashes and power lists to dabbling in documentary filmmaking. But things are tighter now, and I would caution Carter to remember the post-Conde Nast career of Tina Brown. While she did well at Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, Harvey Weinstein lured her away to run Talk Magazine, which flopped; she then tried television punditry, wrote bestselling bio "The Diana Chronicles," and finally landed at The Daily Beast and Newsweek. If Carter's time has come, his replacements are lining up. Kelly cites star New York editor Adam Moss, who is probably the most gifted editor of his generation,...
- 5/17/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
What do Adam Rodriguez, Eva La Rue, Wilmer Valderrama, Marisol Nichols, Cheech Marin, Jorge Garcia and Nestor Carbonell all have in common? Well, aside from the fact that they’re all Latin — they all lost their jobs on TV this week.
Over the weekend, CBS announced that it was pulling the plug on the long-running drama "CSI: Miami,” which stars Puerto Rican actors Adam Rodriguez and Eva La Rue in the lead roles of Eric Delko and Natalia Boa Vista, respectively.
On Sunday, the network also canceled the freshman comedy “Rob,” which centered on an architect (Rob Schneider) who marries into a tight-knit Mexican family. The show featured several Latino actors in lead roles, including Cheech Marin, Diana Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros and Eugenio Derbez.
And CBS wasn't the only network to cancel Latino-friendly shows this week -- the three other major networks ended shows starring Latinos as well.
ABC...
Over the weekend, CBS announced that it was pulling the plug on the long-running drama "CSI: Miami,” which stars Puerto Rican actors Adam Rodriguez and Eva La Rue in the lead roles of Eric Delko and Natalia Boa Vista, respectively.
On Sunday, the network also canceled the freshman comedy “Rob,” which centered on an architect (Rob Schneider) who marries into a tight-knit Mexican family. The show featured several Latino actors in lead roles, including Cheech Marin, Diana Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros and Eugenio Derbez.
And CBS wasn't the only network to cancel Latino-friendly shows this week -- the three other major networks ended shows starring Latinos as well.
ABC...
- 5/17/2012
- by Lee Hernandez
- Huffington Post
What do Adam Rodriguez, Eva La Rue, Wilmer Valderrama, Marisol Nichols, Cheech Marin, Jorge Garcia and Nestor Carbonell all have in common? Well, aside from the fact that they're all Latin — they all lost their jobs on TV this week.
Over the weekend, CBS announced that it was pulling the plug on the long-running drama "CSI: Miami,” which stars Puerto Rican actors Adam Rodriguez and Eva La Rue in the lead roles of Eric Delko and Natalia Boa Vista, respectively.
On Sunday, the network also canceled the freshman comedy “Rob,” which centered on an architect (Rob Schneider) who marries into a tight-knit Mexican family. The show featured several Latino actors in lead roles, including Cheech Marin, Diana Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros and Eugenio Derbez.
And CBS wasn't the only network to cancel Latino-friendly shows this week -- the three other major networks ended shows starring Latinos as well.
ABC decided...
Over the weekend, CBS announced that it was pulling the plug on the long-running drama "CSI: Miami,” which stars Puerto Rican actors Adam Rodriguez and Eva La Rue in the lead roles of Eric Delko and Natalia Boa Vista, respectively.
On Sunday, the network also canceled the freshman comedy “Rob,” which centered on an architect (Rob Schneider) who marries into a tight-knit Mexican family. The show featured several Latino actors in lead roles, including Cheech Marin, Diana Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros and Eugenio Derbez.
And CBS wasn't the only network to cancel Latino-friendly shows this week -- the three other major networks ended shows starring Latinos as well.
ABC decided...
- 5/17/2012
- by Lee Hernandez
- Aol TV.
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