In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, actor Ricky Gervais poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film "Night at the Museum, Secret of the Tomb" in London. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) --
Bad boy Ricky Gervais is set to notch his fourth turn as host of the Golden Globe Awards.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC announced Monday that the sharp-tongued humorist and film star will preside over the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, set for January 10. The three-hour broadcast, airing live coast-to-coast on NBC, will kick off the 2016 film awards season.
Gervais scored laughs and raised hackles with his riotous hosting style for three consecutive years from 2010 to 2012.
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The Cinema Audio Society has announced the inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology. The annual award honors individuals, companies or products whose innovations have significantly improved existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they have materially changed how sound is recorded, edited, mixed or delivered.
This year’s award will honor achievements in non-linear technology for sound recording, editing and mixing. Recipients will be honored at the CAS Awards on March 7 at the Beverly Hilton.
Recipients of the 2026 Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology are:
--Evan Brooks, cofounded Digidrums with Peter Gotcher in 1983, and the company was incorporated in 1984 as Digidesign, Inc. He developed the audio editing software package Sound Designer, and then Sound Tools, the first affordable, professional digital audio workstation, paving the way for the introduction and success of Pro Tools.
--Peter Gotcher, cofounded Digidesign with Evan Brooks and served as its president, CEO, and chairman. Digidesign became the world’s leading manufacturer of digital audio workstations. After Digidesign was acquired by Avid in January of 1995, he remained as executive VP of Avid until 1996. He currently serves as chairman of Dolby Laboratories.
--Glen Sanders, founder and president of Zaxcom. In the 1990s, he worked closely with Zaxcom’s engineering team to develop the Deva portable digital audio disk recorder, the first multitrack, file-based recording system designed for location sound.
--Howard Stark, chief engineer at Zaxcom. Stark made enduring contributions to the design and development of professional audio technologies used throughout film and television production. He... Read More