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    Cinema Audio Society to honor Skip Lievsay with the 2026 Career Achievement Award

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    Skip Lievsay CAS has been named recipient of the Cinema Audio Society's 2026 Career Achievement Award
    LOS ANGELES --

    Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay CAS will be honored with the Cinema Audio Society’s 2026 Career Achievement Award. This recognition will be presented during the 62nd Annual CAS Awards on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

    “The Career Achievement Award is the Society’s highest honor, and Skip’s work represents the pinnacle of our craft,” said CAS president Peter Kurland. “His artistry and creativity have shaped the sound of some of the most celebrated films of our time. Skip’s collaborations with visionary directors and his extraordinary ear for storytelling have left an indelible mark on the industry. It’s been my honor to have worked with Skip for several decades, including sharing previous CAS awards with him. I’m thrilled that the CAS Board has chosen him as the recipient.”

    “I’m deeply honored to receive this recognition from the Cinema Audio Society,” said Lievsay. “Sound mixing is an intensely collaborative art, and I’ve had the great fortune to work with incredibly talented filmmakers, mixers, and editors over my career. To be recognized by my peers, people whose work I deeply admire, means the world to me.”

    Lievsay is one of the most acclaimed re-recording mixers in film history, with a career spanning more than four decades. He is an Academy Award winner for Gravity and has received multiple Oscar nominations for No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Roma, among others. A frequent collaborator of the Coen brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee, Lievsay has helped define the sonic worlds of modern cinema. His credits include Barton Fink, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Tragedy of Macbeth.

    Known for his nuanced, story-driven approach, Lievsay has continually pushed the boundaries of what film sound can achieve. Whether mixing the near-silence of No Country for Old Men, the immersive chaos of Gravity, or the musical intimacy of Inside Llewyn Davis, his work demonstrates a rare balance of technical mastery and emotional depth. Beyond the mixing stage, Lievsay is a mentor and advocate for sound professionals, inspiring generations through his dedication to the craft.

    Lievsay joins an illustrious group of past CAS Career Achievement honorees including Tod A. Maitland, Joe Earle, Anna Behlmer, Willie Burton, Peter J. Devlin, Tom Fleischman, Les Fresholtz, Ed Greene, Tomlinson Holman, Doc Kane, William B. Kaplan, David MacMillan, Paul Massey, Scott Millan, Mike Minkler, Walter Murch, Andy Nelson, Chris Newman, Lee Orloff, Richard Portman, John Pritchett, Don Rogers, Gary Rydstrom, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom, Jim Webb, Jeffrey S. Wexler and Charles Wilborn.

    As previously announced, the CAS Awards will honor Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the prestigious Filmmaker Award at the ceremony.

    Submissions are now open for the 62nd Annual CAS Awards with a deadline of December 16, 2025.

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    EU accuses TikTok of “addictive design” that harms children, seeks changes to protect users

    Friday, February 6, 2026
    The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

    The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with "addictive design" features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges that strike at the heart of the popular video sharing app's operating model.

    EU regulators said their two-year investigation found that TikTok hasn't done enough to assess how features such as autoplay and infinite scroll could harm the physical and mental health of users, including minors and "vulnerable adults."

    The European Commission said it believes TikTok should change the "basic design" of its service. The commission is the EU's executive arm and enforcer of the 27-nation bloc's Digital Services Act, a sweeping rulebook that requires social media companies to clean up their platforms and protect users, under threat of hefty fines.

    TikTok denied the accusations.

    "The Commission's preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform, and we will take whatever steps are necessary to challenge these findings through every means available to us," the company said in a statement.

    TikTok's features including infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications, and highly personalized recommender systems "lead to the compulsive use of the app, especially for our kids, and this poses major risks to their mental health and wellbeing," Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier said at a press briefing in Brussels.

    "The measures that TikTok has in place are simply not enough," he said.

    The company now has a chance to defend itself and reply to the commission's findings. Regnier said "if they don't do this properly," Brussels could issue a so-called non-compliance decision and possible fine worth up to 6% of... Read More

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