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Ref 69. HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL®
Contact: Carlos de Abreu, Executive Director
Hollywood Film Festival
433 No. Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, U.S.A.
Phone: (310) 288-1882
Fax: (310) 288-0060
Email: awards@hollywoodawards.com
Date: October 15-20, 2003
The Hollywood Film Festival® and the Hollywood Awards™ were created to bridge the gap between Hollywood and the global creative community by discovering emerging filmmakers and storytellers. Includes the Hollywood Film Conference - 3 days of intensive networking with industry professionals - Hollywood Film Screenings, plus the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.
Ref 111. For Immediate Release:
March 5th, 2004
Jerry Cantrell, American Music Club, Concrete Blonde and Others Unite for Sweet Relief’s ‘Badass Benefits’ Concert Series-April 5th, 12th and 19th at the Troubadour in Los Angeles
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of renowned music industry non-profit, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, Music for Charity Productions (MFC) is staging three intimate, ‘one-of-a-kind,’ concert events at the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA. The all-star concert series, scheduled for three consecutive Mondays—April 5th, 12th & 19th—will feature the Los Angeles debut of reunited critics’ darlings, “American Music Club,’ and the first appearance by the “Jerry Cantrell-Billy Duffy Band,” a unique ‘covers project’ featuring Cantrell (Alice in Chains) and Duffy (The Cult), performing their favorite songs and those songs that made them famous. ‘The Cantrell-Duffy’ band is slated to feature a revolving array of guest musicians including members of Puddle of Mudd. Other performers confirmed to appear include: Concrete Blonde, performing a special acoustic set, Michelle Shocked, Paula Cole, Jesse Harris (Grammy Winning Songwriter), Grant Lee Phillips, Michael Penn, Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket front-man) and Whitestarr. More artists; Special guests TBA shortly.
Conceived by acclaimed songwriter Victoria Williams in 1994, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (www.sweetrelief.org) is a non-profit charity providing financial assistance to musicians for medical expenses, alternative therapies and basic needs. Sweet was founded by and for musicians, and is known for its star studded tribute albums to Victoria Williams and Vic Chestnut (the latter which features performances by badass benefits performers Michelle Shocked & Michael Penn). In addition the concert series, artists including The Pixies, Liz Phair, Linkin Park, Henry Rollins and Weird Al Yankovich have recently donated items to the funds current on-line auction. More information on Sweet Relief’s auctions can be obtained directly through the Sweet Relief website.
Below is a list of each ‘Badass Benefit’ show roster:
April 5th: American Music Club, Concrete Blonde (acoustic), Paula Cole, Jesse Harris & Glen Phillips
April 12th: Jerry Cantrell-Billy Duffy Band (w/special appearance by members of Puddle of Mudd), Whitestarr & More TBA
April 19th: Michelle Shocked, Grant Lee Phillips, Michael Penn, Peter Himmelman & More TBA
Music for Charity (MFC):
Changing Lives One Concert at a Time…….
Music for Charity (MFC) is a unique turnkey event production company that specializes in fundraising for non-profits through live music concerts. Inspired by events like “Farm Aid,” “The Bridge School Benefits,” and “The Concert for Bangladesh,” MFC aims for similar unique content and equally inspiring results.
For more info on MFC and the April ‘Badass Benefits’ contact
Music for Charity Productions
www.musicforcharityproductions.org/www.sweetrelief.org
Scott Dudelson-818-384-4727
sdudelson@hotmail.com
Ref 112.
Contact: Stacey Kumagai -818-506-8675
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CALL FOR ENTRIES: FILMMAKERS & BANDS
2004 TEMECULA VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
SLATED SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2004 FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
TEMECULA, CA --- Showcasing the best in the film and music industry for it’s 10th year, with last year’s attendance
boasting over 8,000 - the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival (TVIFMF) is ready to roll again this fall September 8-12,
2004 at The Movie Experience 10 at Tower Plaza (25735 Ynez Road). TVIFMF’s tradition of presenting excellence in film and music
has featured emerging styles from North America and 20+ countries around the world – and this year will be no different. The festival is announcing its 10th annual, traditional call for Entries for both film and music as officially open.
Full length features, shorts, documentaries, animation and student films on 35mm, 16mm and video formats are now in the
process of being accepted. To be eligible, a film entry must have been completed in 2002, 2003 or 2004. All film entries must be
submitted on ½” VHS NTSC Videocassette to be considered for selection.
The music competition component of the 2004 Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival is designed to showcase
the music vision and artistic wizardry of talented individuals and groups from across America and the world. Emerging, up and coming
unsigned performing artists and bands, vocal performers (may be a solo, duo, trio, quartet or an ensemble) are welcome to submit their
CD or tape for entry. Entries for all genres of music, from rock, jazz and pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Latin, Country, Folk, and World are now
being accepted. (No Lip synching allowed in the competition). The entry deadline for both film and music entries, is July 15th,
2004. Applications can be downloaded by logging on to www.tviff.com
The five-day event's social calendar starts with Opening Night Festivities, followed by daily & nightly filmmaker/musician
receptions, industry workshops, a Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards Gala, a Sunday morning Hot Air Balloon Ride and much
more. Already on tap for 2004 are several showcases including the American Film Institute (AFI )Film Showcase, San Diego State
University Film Series and sister festival, Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) Film Showcase will highlight the event with their best films.
For information, call Jo Moulton, Festival Director: 909/699-8681, or email jmmoulton@earthlink.net.
Media contact: Stacey Kumagai at 818/506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com
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Ref 113. PRESENT TENSE LIVE AT GOOD HURT
local band PRESENT TENSE will perform their latest psychedelic pop & ambient/trip hop tunes at club GOOD HURT. Don't miss this.
good hurt
21+
04/20/04 9:00p.m.
04/30/04 8:00 p.m.
Female fronted, filled with big beats, spacy sound effects and crunchy stoner-rock guitars, Present Tense is one of the most sonic sounds to come out of L.A. in years. Think pink floyd vs. portishead.
more details, visit
http://www.presenttense.org/old/shows.html
or
www.goodhurt.net
Ref 114. Emerging ION scores soundtrack for feature film 11:59. Watch the trailer at www.ionband.com
Ref 115. Contact: Stacey Kumagai - 818-506-8675
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CAREER & LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONORS SALUTE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S LOU RAWLS & TREVOR RABIN AT 10TH ANNUAL TEMECULA VALLEY INT’L FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
Temecula, CA ---Billboard charts. Grammys. Diversification is the key for music industry professionals whether you’re a vocalist, musician, composer, performer or record label executive, having a job is one thing, a successful career quite a noteworthy achievement. The 2004 Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival (TVIFMF) is proud to announce honorees R&B icon, Lou Rawls for the Lifetime Achievement Award and Film Composer (former YES guitarist), Trevor Rabin to be presented an Outstanding Career Achievement Award at the annual Awards Gala , 6 p.m. on Sunday, September 12, 2004 at Wilson Creek Winery (35960 Rancho
California Rd., Temecula). This year’s other honorees include: Famed ICONS & LEGENDS Photographer, Michael Childers, Director,
Jonathan Lynn, and Dean of USC School of Cinema-Television, Dr. Elizabeth M. Daley. Other honorees for the categories of Actor,
Actress, Producer, Outstanding Career Achievement and Special Independent Honors to be announced shortly.
Celebrating ten years, the TVIFMF is slated for September 8-12 at The Movie Experience 10 at Tower Plaza (E. I-15 @Ynez Road & Rancho California Road). Last year the festival had over 8,000 attendees, boasting participation from 200 filmmakers, musicians, producers, directors, writers, judges, cast and crew. The Lifetime Achievement Awards have been part of the festival since inception back in 1995. Past recipients include: the late Ray Charles, Rita Coolidge, Shirley Jones, Robert Wise, Carl Reiner, Howard Koch, Marsha Mason, Billy Preston, Patty Duke and William Shatner and last year’s honorees, John Spencer, Diane Ladd, Director, Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Producer, A.C. Lyles and UCLA’s School of Theatre Film & Television Professor Emeritus, Dr. Howard
Suber.
LOU RAWLS is a multiple Grammy Award winning vocalist with a career spanning over four decades and crossing genres of R&B, Pop, Jazz, Soul and Adult Contemporary with International appeal. With more than sixty albums, three Grammy wins, thirteen Grammy nominations and a platinum album, five gold albums and a gold single, Rawls not only is accomplished in music, but feature film (LEAVING LAS VEGAS, BLUES BROTHERS 2000 AND EVERTHING’S JAKE), television (FOX, HBO, SHOWTIME) and voice-overs (RUGRATS: THE MOVIE, HERE COMES GARFIELD AND HERCULES) and he has a fan base worldwide. Rawls created charity history, becoming corporate spokesman for Anheuser Busch in 1976 as this led to two sponsored events which have lasted
nearly a quarter of a century: worldwide base concert events for American military personnel and star-studded telethon whose proceeds, now more than $200 million, are donated to the United Negro College Fund.
TREVOR RABIN, to be honored for an Outstanding Career Achievement in Film Composing, has many noteworthy accomplishments. His Billboard music charting career with his number one composition hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart” which catapulted him and the band YES into the MTV music scene. As the band’s guitarist in the 80s and early 90s, Rabin’s career went on until 1995, when he also recorded a solo album, “Can’t Look Away.” From there he evolved to a film
composing career which boasts a long list of film composer credits for films including ARMAGEDDON, ENEMY OF THE STATE, REMEMBER THE TITANS, BAD BOYS 2, GONE IN 60 SECONDS, CON AIR, DEEP BLUE SEA, THE BANGER SISTERS, KANGAROO JACK and many others.
Other honorees include:
JONATHAN LYNN is an internationally recognized Director, Screenwriter and Novelist, with an impressive body of work gracing both the U.S. and U.K. He directed THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (2003), which starred Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles, recognized as an uplifting tour de force of gospel music, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Picture of 2003. Some of his other credits include WHOLE NINE YARDS, MY COUSIN VINNY, NUNS ON THE RUN, SGT. BILKO and BBC phenomena YES, MINISTER and YES, PRIME MINISTER that initially propelled Lynn to fame in his native Great Britain. Lynn won the British Academy Writers' Award and the series garnered numerous BAFTA, Broadcasting Press Guild and Pye Television Writer's Awards as well as an
ACE Award for Lynn in the US for Best Written Comedy Series on Cable Television, and a Special Award from the Campaign For Freedom of Information
MICHAEL CHILDERS is more than just a shutterbug. Being honored at this year’s TVIFMF for Outstanding Career Achievement for Visual Imagery and Still Photography, he has acquired an impressive roster of Old Hollywood-meets-Modern-Day clientele. From Mae West to Arnold Schwarzenegger; Rock Hudson to Clint Eastwood; Al Pacino to John Travolta and the theatrical cast of “Hair” to Andy Warhol and everyone in between, North Carolina-born celebrity photographer, Childers has covered the spectrum of Film, Music, Theatre, and Interiors/Architecture, with gallery showcases all over the globe, taking the art and photography world by storm. Childers was asked to work for Sir Laurence Olivier’s National Theater in London. He remains the only American photographer invited to
photograph productions at the National Theater. Childers also is extensively involved in fundraising events for AIDS service
organizations, foundations for the performing arts, and film organizations since 1989. In Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New York, and Palm Springs, events he has founded or helped produce have raised over twelve million dollars for these worthy causes.
DR. ELIZABETH M. DALEY is not only Dean of the USC School of Cinema-Television but also executive Director of the USC Annenberg Center for Communication. Her body of work in building successful relationships with the school and the entertainment industry with technology companies and Hollywood studios has brought her recognition from many organizations. She is the inaugural holder of the Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Dean’s Chair and has been honored by American Women in Radio and Television, recipient of Cie Golden Eagle and the Barbara Jordan Award, two-time nominee for a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award and the California
Governor’s Award for her work with programming about the handicapped.
This year’s 10th anniversary celebration plans to be an action-packed event showcasing the best in the film and music from the US and around the world including countries such as Australia, France, India and Italy. This year’s film showcases include presentations from The American Film Institute (AFI), Independent Feature Project (IFP), Toronto Int’l Film Festival Group, San Diego State University and sister festival, Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) which will be the highlight supplement to four full general screening days of shorts, documentaries, animation, features and student films.
Other highlights include: Opening Night Red Carpet Screening and Party, a Saturday All –Day Music Fest featuring emerging, up and coming unsigned performing artists, bands and vocal performers - with ten finalists selected to be part of the 10th anniversary compilation CD and distribution from Blockbuster, and a weekend of film & music industry workshops and panels featuring the hottest cutting-edge entertainment industry information from Hollywood professionals.
For more info. go to: www.tviff.com or call Festival Director, Jo Moulton: 909/699-8681 jmmoulton@earthlink.net.
Media contact: Stacey Kumagai at 818/506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com
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