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  • Monday, Jan. 22, 2024
Jeffrey Wright in a scene from "American Fiction" (photo by Claire Folger/courtesy of MGM-Orion/Amazon MGM Studios)
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Advanced Imaging Society (AIS) has announced additional Special Honors for the 2024 Lumiere Awards, scheduled to take place Friday, February 9, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  

The inaugural Distinguished Artist Award will be bestowed upon Jeffrey Wright recognizing his commanding performance in American Fiction

The theme for this year’s Lumiere Awards is “Celebrating Masters and Magic.“ Traditionally, AIS has acknowledged the industry’s most distinguished directors and professionals who work behind the camera.  However, in celebration of the Society’s 15th anniversary, this year’s focus will shift to honor an individual renowned for their work in front of the camera.

Jim Chabin, AIS president, remarked, “Mr. Wright consistently demonstrates a brilliant mastery of both the arts and the technologies of cinema storytelling in films such as The Batman, No Time to Die, Westworld and more.” He added, “In American More

  • Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024
Denise Huskins, left, and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn listen as their attorneys speak at a news conference on July 13, 2015, in Vallejo, Calif. Huskins, who was kidnapped from her boyfriend’s Northern California home and released two days later and whose case was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is generating renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix documentary. (Mike Jory/The Times-Herald via AP, File)
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) -- 

The ordeal of Denise Huskins, whose kidnapping from her boyfriend's Northern California home was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is getting renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries, "American Nightmare."

Here's a look at the facts of the case, which captivated the country:

THE KIDNAPPING
On March 23, 2015, Huskins was kidnapped by a masked intruder who broke into the home in Vallejo, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, told detectives he woke up to a bright light on his face and that intruders had drugged, blindfolded and tied both of them up before forcefully taking Huskins in the middle of the night. Quinn also said the kidnappers were demanding an $8,500 ransom.

A Vallejo police detective interrogated Quinn for hours, at times suggesting he may have been involved in Huskins' disappearance. Quinn took a polygraph test which an FBI agent told him More

  • Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms," on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 5, 2018. Sandberg has informed Facebook owner Meta's board of directors that she doesn't plan to stand for reelection in the spring. “With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reelection this May,” Sandberg wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech startup into a digital advertising empire, will step down from the board of Meta, Facebook's parent company.

"With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reelection this May," Sandberg wrote in a Facebook post.

Sandberg left Google to join Facebook in 2008, four years before the company went public. As the No. 2 executive at Meta under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sandberg also took a lot of heat for some of its biggest missteps.

She stepped down as chief operating officer of Meta in 2022 but remained a member of the company board. She had served as COO of Facebook, and then Meta, for 14 and a half years and as a board member for 12 years.

"Under Mark's leadership, Javi Olivan, Justin Osofsky, Nicola Mendelsohn, and their teams have proven beyond a doubt that the Meta business is strong and well- More

  • Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
On location for "Society of the Snow" (photo courtesy of Netflix)
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) has announced the nominees for the Camera Operator of the Year awards for the Film and Television categories. Honorees will be awarded live and in-person at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood on Saturday, February 24, during the annual Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards. 

“We’re excited to celebrate the extraordinary work of these camera operators,” Matthew Moriarty, SOC president shared. “No matter what happened in 2023, the show goes on and excellence must be honored.”

Here’s a rundown of nominees:

Camera Operator of the Year – Film Nominees

  • Mick Froehlich, SOC, Leave the World Behind
  • Geoffrey Haley, SOC, Chevalier
  • Ari Issler, Boston Strangler, with Nick Müller, “B” Camera / Steadicam Operator
  • Andrew ‘AJ’ Johnson, SOC, Carmen
  • Juanjo Sánchez, SOC, Society of the Snow, with Manuel Branáa, Operator de More
  • Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
Beth McCarthy-Miller (photo credit: DGA)
LOS ANGELES -- 

Judd Apatow will return to host the 76th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards, which will take place on February 10, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Also returning as DGA Awards chair is Beth McCarthy-Miller.

This will be Apatow’s fifth visit to the DGA Awards podium, as he previously hosted the 70th DGA Awards in 2018, the 72nd DGA Awards in 2020, the 74th DGA Awards in 2022, and the 75th Anniversary DGA Awards in 2023.  

McCarthy-Miller is now in her third consecutive year as DGA Awards chair. She said, “I’m honored to return as Awards Chair and to be a part of such a stellar night that highlights the amazing work my colleagues have done this year.  I’m thrilled that Judd will return as our host, keeping our ceremony grounded in connection, camaraderie, and, comedy.”

Apatow said, “It’s an honor to be hosting the DGA Awards for the fifth time. Just three more times and I’ll be eligible for health insurance.”

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  • Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
ATHENS, Ga. -- 

Peabody has announced that its annual ceremony, the Peabody Awards, will be held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Sunday, June 9. This marks Peabody’s first in-person ceremony since 2019 and the first time ever in its 84-year history that the awards will take place in Los Angeles. Peabody also has appointed Doug Herzog, Cynthia López, Orwa Nyrabia, Russ Schriefer, Cynthia Tucker, Mark Whitaker and Andrea Wishom to its Board of Jurors. Wonya Lucas has been named as the next chair of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors. 

“For the first time in the history of Peabody, we’re thrilled to recognize the most compelling stories of the year at a joyful and inspiring ceremony in Los Angeles,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody. “By including more talent and honoring the winners in a city that deeply admires the power of stories, we are confident that we will add some tangible excitement to our ceremony. We’re also thrilled to More

  • Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Kim Davidson
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced its 2024 Board of Directors officers. The officers, who comprise the VES Board Executive Committee, were elected at the January 2024 Board meeting. They include Kim Davidson, who was elected Board chair, and is the first Board member from outside the United States to hold this role since the Society’s inception.

“It is my privilege to serve as chair of our worldwide community of visual effects artists and innovators,” said Davidson. “Since I joined the Society 18 years ago, I have seen the VES grow from a California-based organization to a global society with 15 regional Sections and members in 45 countries. As the first chair elected from outside the U.S., I am representative of our thriving globalization, and I look forward to further championing our expansion worldwide.  The leadership on our Board bring enormous commitment, expertise and enthusiasm to their volunteer service and I’m excited about More

  • Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
John Waters
LOS ANGELES -- 

American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor director John Waters with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing an artist who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film.  As previously announced, ACE will also bestow career achievement honors to film editors Kate Amend, ACE and Walter Murch, ACE for their outstanding career contributions to film editing, and Stephen Lovejoy, ACE will receive the ACE Heritage Award in recognition of his unwavering commitment to advancing the image of the film editor, cultivating respect for the editing profession, and tireless dedication to the American Cinema Editors. All honors will be presented at the 74th annual ACE Eddie Awards on March 3 at UCLA’s Royce Hall where winners will also be announced in 13 categories recognizing the best film editing achievements of the year. 

“John Waters isn’t just a filmmaking icon,” stated ACE president Kevin Tent, ACE, “He’s a punk More

  • Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Wynn P. Thomas (l) and Francine West
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800 (ADG 800) will present Lifetime Achievement Awards to guild members David Lowery, Greg Papalia, Wynn P. Thomas and Francine West. The Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will be celebrated at the 28th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, on Feb. 10. 

“It’s our honor and privilege to recognize and award these trailblazers in our guild,” shared award show producers Michael Allen Glover, ADG and Megan Elizabeth Bell, ADG in a joint statement.

The Illustrators and Matte Artists (IMA) Council is bestowing its lifetime achievement award on Lowery, who has worked on more than 100 award-winning blockbuster films including: Jurassic Park, The Lion King and all three Sam Raimi Spider-man films. Lowery was the co-head of story on Shrek, as well as head of storyboards and associate producer on every episode of The Mandalorian.

“David’s 36-year career as a More

  • Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
Meta's logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters, Nov. 9, 2022, in Menlo Park, Calif. Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta released Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, underscore the Facebook and Instagram parent’s “historical reluctance” to keep children safe on its platforms, according to the complaint. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta underscore the company's "historical reluctance" to keep children safe on its platforms, the complaint says.

New Mexico's Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Facebook and Instagram owner Meta in December, saying the company failed to protect young users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and allowed adults to solicit explicit imagery from them.

In the passages freshly unredacted from the lawsuit Wednesday, internal employee messages and presentations from 2020 and 2021 show Meta was aware of issues such as adult strangers being able to contact children on Instagram, the sexualization of minors on that platform, and the dangers of its "people you may know" feature that recommends connections between adults and children. But Meta dragged its feet when it came to addressing the issues, the passages show.

Instagram, for instance, began restricting adults' ability More

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