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    Lesli Linka Glatter named recipient of Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal

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    Lesli Linka Glatter at work on "Homeland" (photo courtesy of Showtime)
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    The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that director/producer Lesli Linka Glatter–an alumna of the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women (DWW)–will receive the 2016 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal. This honor recognizes the extraordinary creative talents of AFI alumni who embody the qualities of filmmaker Franklin J. Schaffner: talent, taste, dedication and commitment to quality storytelling in film and television. Lauding the remarkable talent of the artist affiliated with such influential series as Homeland, Mad Men and Twin Peaks, the presentation of the Schaffner Medal will take place at the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams in Hollywood on June 9.

    Over the past three decades, Glatter has brought her deft directorial hand to films and honored television series including ER, Freaks and Geeks, Gilmore Girls, Justified, The Leftovers, The Newsroom, Ray Donovan, The Walking Dead and West Wing, among many others. Glatter’s honors include four Emmy® Award nominations, a Producers Guild of America Award nomination as well as six Directors Guild of America Award nominations and two wins for her work on Homeland and Mad Men. Her DWW film Tales of Meeting and Parting earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Live Action Short in 1985. Glatter made her feature directorial debut in 1995 with Now And Then starring Melanie Griffith, Demi Moore, Rosie O’Donnell and Rita Wilson.

    With Homeland set to return for season six in fall 2016, Glatter is also directing and executive-producing Six, a pilot about Navy SEAL Team Six for the History Channel.

    The recipients of the Schaffner Medal represent an impressive community of working AFI Conservatory and DWW alumni. From among a community of nearly 5,000 AFI graduates, Glatter joins an esteemed group of past recipients that includes Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), Anne Garefino (South Park), Patty Jenkins (Monster), Janusz Kamiński (Bridge of Spies), David Lynch (Twin Peaks) and Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight Rises).

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    Alphabet’s first-quarter profit soars as Google’s big AI bets help push stock to new highs

    Wednesday, April 29, 2026
    A woman walks by a giant screen displaying the Google logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

    Google's transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., which on Wednesday announced another quarter of the stellar growth that helped to more than double its already lofty market value during the past year.

    Alphabet earned $62.6 billion, or $5.11 per share, during the January-March period, an 81% increase from the same time last year. Revenue climbed 22% from last year to $109.9 billion. Both numbers easily surpassed the analyst projections that steer investors.

    Alphabet's stock price rose more than 6% in extended trading after the numbers came out, setting up the shares to hit a new high during Thursday's regular session. The company's market value currently stands at $4.2 trillion, up from $1.9 trillion just a year ago. If the stock trades in a similar trajectory Thursday, Alphabet's market value could approach $4.5 trillion while creating more than $250 billion in additional shareholder wealth in a single day.

    The stock market gains that Alphabet is producing are not being matched by other big AI spenders such as Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta Platforms, whose stock price plunged by about 6% in extended trading after disclosing an investment strategy being second guessed by investors. Meanwhile, Microsoft's shares also dipped, despite posting quarterly results that topped analyst forecasts.

    Alphabet's performance in the past quarter CEO Sundar Pichai to celebrate the huge bets that the company has been placing on AI technology during the past three years. Those investments, Pichai said, "are lighting up every part of the business."

    As usual, digital ads fueled by Google's dominant search engine propelled the growth as revenue from those operations shot up... Read More

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