| EVENT REPORT 01.26.09 12:24 PM |
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People's SAG Awards After-Party Gets Fabric-Heavy Look From New Design Team
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 | People's SAG Awards after-party with the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
Last night, following the Screen Actors Guild's eco-friendly awards program, People magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation hosted the official after-party on the back lot of the Shrine Exposition Center for the 13th year. The event, overseen by Cyd Wilson for Time Inc., honored the philanthropic causes and deeds of the members of the guild, and benefited the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
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| EVENT REPORT 01.26.09 12:20 PM |
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SAG Partners With Environmental Media Association for Recycled—and Recyclable—Awards Program
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 | The SAG Awards at the Shrine
Photo: James Sequenzia |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
The stars of the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show Sunday were, well, the stars, so the design of the awards dinner at the Shrine Auditorium was all about showing off hundreds of them to best effect on camera. That task fell to the team of awards art director Keith Greco of Greco Decor and awards event supervisor Andrea Wyn Schall of A Wynning Event—SAG show regulars who worked with Benn Fleishman, the returning SAG executive in charge of production.
“Our theme is simple, glamorous, elegant, high style,” Schall said. “One thing that's really different about this show is that it's about the actor, so the table is to reflect the actor and make it so that whatever they're wearing will stand out more. The table is secondary. You just see black and silver, neutral, understated."
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| NEWS 01.13.09 4:32 PM |
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SAG Awards' New Eco-Friendly Program to Include Recyclable Stage, Composting of Food and Flowers
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FROM LOS ANGELES
With the Golden Globes in the can, the focus now shifts to the Screen Actors Guild awards, the next big stop on L.A.'s award season circuit. And this year's SAG awards, which will tape at the Shrine on January 25, will make a new and concerted push toward environmental friendliness in the event's production.
The awards organization and the Environmental Media Association announced today that they have partnered to reduce the environmental impact of the 15th annual show. The first step toward the ultimate goal of a zero-waste event, this year's program will focus on composting, recycling, and reusable materials.
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| EVENT REPORT 01.29.08 5:29 PM |
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Gray Dominates People's SAG After-Party—Inside and Out
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 | People's striking SAG after-party
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
For People magazine's elaborate after-party following the SAG awards on Sunday, event designer Stanlee Gatti had some unfortunate weather to hassle with—although he did have Time Warner’s big corporate pockets to assuage his headache. Even before the event, cohosted by the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the week’s heavy rains had doused the carpet in the corridor leading to the main pavilion, requiring a replacement before the party even got started.
For this year’s collaboration with Cyd Wilson, director of creative development for In Style and People, and the event's executive producer, Eric Nicoll of Azure Pacific Event Management, Gatti also took his cue from the award show's celebratory palette of rich metallics and dressed the 80- by 140-foot tent in platinum gray. People Group editor Martha Nelson selected the shade.
“People talk about shades of gray, and there are so many shades of gray, it’s funny,” Gatti said. “For a couple of months, Martha Nelson and I went back and forth. We finally came up with the right shade. Now we’re calling it Martha’s gray.”
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| EVENT REPORT 01.28.08 6:56 PM |
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SAG Awards' Picket-Free 75th Anniversary Gets Luxe Metallic Look
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 | Taittinger's red-carpet moment at the SAG Awards
Photo: James Sequenzia |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
Any nostalgic movie lover can appreciate the glamour of old Hollywood—but no one loves it more than the Screen Actors Guild, which has traditionally asked event planners to evoke the spirit of the movie industry’s golden age come awards time. And with Sunday’s ceremony—the first big bash of this award season—marking the 75th anniversary of the thespians’ union, the watchwords for the evening were old-fashioned elegance and precious metals.
Technically, 75th anniversaries should be celebrated with gifts of diamonds. But gold, silver, and platinum are eye-catching, too, so for the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards at the Shrine Auditorium, SAG awards production designers John Shaffner and Joe Stewart designed a stage with a gold backdrop flanked by columns bedecked with gold and silver. Unlike the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which seats stars in an auditorium for the Oscars, SAG mercifully feeds its members during the proceedings. So SAG awards art director Keith Greco of Greco Decor was charged with coordinating his tabletop design, which he accomplished with classic golden place settings.
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| NEWS 12.10.07 6:40 PM |
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Continuing Writers Strike Could Jeopardize Upfronts
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FROM LOS ANGELES
After the latest breakdown in negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the WGA, the writers strike is now in its sixth week. And if it lasts another month to six weeks more, it could jeopardize 2008 pilot production and the next TV upfronts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Award season, with its glut of ceremonies requiring script writers, is also edging nearer, and event presenters may find themselves on their own. Rosalind Jarrett from the SAG awards—which will take place next month at the Shrine and will announce its nominees next week—says no plans are yet in place to modify the program as a result of the strike. —Alesandra Dubin
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| NEWS 11.05.07 5:24 PM |
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Writers Strike Could Leave Event Presenters on Their Own
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FROM LOS ANGELES
After unsuccessful negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the Writers Guild of America went on strike early this morning, with 12,000 picketers holding signs in both Los Angeles and New York. The last writers' strike was nearly 20 years ago, in 1988, and was estimated to have had a $500 million economic impact on the city of Los Angeles during the 22-week period, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
What does it mean for event pros? With award season on the horizon, presenters may find themselves having to ad-lib their comments or generate their own material. “People who complain about the humor on awards shows should wait to see what they’re like without writers,” said writer, performer, and Oscar contributor Bruce Vilanch, according to a New York Times report.
The Screen Actors Guild awards on January 27 is among the programs that might be affected, but reps say it's too early to tell. "We don't know how, if at all, the SAG awards will be impacted," said SAG awards spokesperson Rosalind Jarrett. —Alesandra Dubin
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