| EVENT REPORT 09.21.09 10:50 AM |
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Emmy Governors Ball Goes for Jewel-Toned, Xanadu-Evocative Opulence
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 | The Emmy Governors Ball
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography |
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If there was an appropriate time to tone down a ballroom, at least one group of event organizers believed last night was not that time. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Governors Ball at the Los Angeles Convention Center after the Emmys ceremony was a bold and colorful affair, awash in jewel tones inspired by the work of the late interior designer Tony Duquette and the concept of Xanadu. Dwight Jackson, Russ Patrick, and Joe Stewart chaired the ball along with a larger committee, and Sequoia Productions produced it for the 12th consecutive year.
"Everybody in the room has the recession monkey on their back, but once a year you have all these people—academy, nominees, winners—in one room, and it's like, enough already," said Sequoia's Cheryl Cecchetto. "They're not thinking about the recession. They're thinking about cutting the next deal. And it's our job to stimulate their senses [to inspire them]."
Nevertheless, Jackson noted that the budget shrunk about 30 percent from last year for the same guest count—about 3,500—and the group repurposed and repainted elements from last year's ball, like Deco columns. "We started this party as soon as [the previous] year's ended. We worked a whole year on the party, having meetings once a month," he said. Cecchetto reported that the party took nine days to load in, but had just 22 hours to load out. About 1,200 staffers were on hand to accomplish the feat.
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| NEWS 09.17.09 12:15 PM |
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Emmy Parties and Suites: TV Guide Is Off, ET Moves to Vibiana, HBO Gets Euro Style, EW Partners With Women in Film
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With the Primetime Emmys coming up this Sunday, September 20, the calendar is bustling with related events following on the big show's heels, with only one significant dropout. Here's a roundup:
In what has been a tough year for the publication, TV Guide will not host its traditional big party this year. Event Eleven, helmed by Tony Schubert, who has produced the event in past years, will work on the Entertainment Weekly party at the Sunset Marquis on Thursday night. For the magazine's seventh annual event, Entertainment Weekly has partnered with Women in Film's new TV and media committee. Maybelline New York's new Colorsensational Lip Color will sponsor, and organizers will infuse the brand’s color palette throughout all the details of the decor. PMK/HBH is handling PR.
Among the other big pre-parties is Family Guy's event, which will take to Avalon Hollywood on Friday night to celebrate its nomination for best comedy. Night Vision Entertainment is producing the event, which is set to include a 45-foot inflatable Peter Griffin character out front. Inside, conductor Ron Jones will lead an orchestra. And instead of a standard photo booth, guests' photos will go into flipbooks (simulating a cartoon—get it?). DJ Rick Rude will spin ambient tunes upstairs in Bardot. Entertainment Fusion Group is handling PR.
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Emmys, Award Season, Women in Film, Family Guy, Maybelline New York, Niche Media, Los Angeles Confidential, Gift Suites, Entertainment Tonight, People, Entertainment Weekly, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Governors Ball, Comedy Central, HBO, Fake Bake, T-Mobile, Save the Children, Susan G. Komen Foundation |
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| EVENT REPORT 09.16.09 2:47 PM |
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TV Academy Honors Producers With Hamptons-Style Party—One of 22 Emmy Season Events
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 | The academy's Hamptons-inspired event
Photo: Erez Levy/Savore Events |
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For Barbara Chase, executive producer of special projects for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the weeks leading up to the Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20 are as busy as tax season is for an accountant. Between August 24 and Monday evening, when the academy celebrated nominated producers, Chase and event producer Richard Lauter, president of Savore Cuisine & Events, organized 22 bashes for various branches.
Organizers redressed the usually humble courtyard outside the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre three times, evoking affluent leisure in a Tommy Bahama-style tropical paradise; a clean, contemporary lounge space using dark woods and white upholstery; and a Hamptons-flavored beach escape with tall grasses, glass containers of lemons and shells, and Shabby Chic-style furniture.
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| NEWS 08.20.09 7:14 PM |
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Emmy Preview: Jewel Tones Will Wash Tony Duquette-Inspired Governors Ball
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 | A tabletop look for the Emmy ball
Photo: BizBash |
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Exactly one month before the doors to the Emmys Governors Ball at the Los Angeles Convention Center swing open, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences together with its participating vendors and sponsors hosted a preview of the event's look and feel this morning. In short, the decor—for both the Creative Arts Ball after the Creative Arts Emmys on September 12 and the Governors Ball after the Primetime Emmys on September 20—will be bold and colorful, with jewel tones and plush seating inspired by the work of the late designer Tony Duquette.
Dwight Jackson, Russ Patrick, and Joe Stewart chair the ball along with a larger committee, and Sequoia Productions will produce it for the 12th consecutive year. "We call it a kaleidoscope of color," said Sequoia's Cheryl Cecchetto at the reveal. "Duquette used incredible colors and materials. We want to stimulate guests' senses." Speaking for the rest of the committee, Jackson added, "We're all volunteers. We do this because it's fun—it's so much fun."
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| NEWS 08.12.09 4:37 PM |
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Another Change in Emmy Plans: All Awards Will Be Broadcast Live
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Last month, Primetime Emmy awards executive producer Don Mischer suggested—and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences board of governors approved—shifting the time of eight awards this year, part of an effort to boost the show's lagging ratings, which hit record lows last year. The eight categories—including prizes for miniseries, drama series writing, and variety directing—would be shown as taped segments instead of as part of the live presentation.
But the move was highly criticized by an array of guilds and networks, and now CBS is retreating from its plan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. All 28 categories will be awarded live at the September 20 broadcast—which CBS and the TV academy moved back from September 13 to avoid conflict with the MTV Video Music Awards. —Alesandra Dubin
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| NEWS 06.03.09 4:37 PM |
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In the News: Emmys Move Up, Suffering Book Expo Mulls Changes
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Fairly Late Notice for Emmy Move: The recently announced N.F.L. schedule prompted CBS and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to move the live broadcast of the 2009 Emmy Awards from September 20 to a week earlier, on September 13. Variety reports this won't affect party and event hosts, many of whom hadn't even selected venues for Emmy-related festivities and promotions yet. And those who had already picked venues are apparently being accommodated. HBO's party planned for the Pacific Design Center will go ahead on the new date. [Variety]
Racy Korean Axe Stunt Campaign Gets International Attention: A Korean advertising agency wrapped a women's dormitory at an undisclosed university with a calendar page, each day picturing an attractive female looking out of her window, for Axe deoderant. The firm responsible said they "aimed for the expression that a new female can be met on a daily basis." Accusations of sexism abounded on blogs earlier this week, but the stunt's extension outside its intended marketplace speaks for itself. [Gizmodo]
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| EVENT REPORT 03.24.09 10:27 AM |
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With Record Entries, Emmy Foundation's College TV Awards Get High-Tech Look
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 | Emmy Foundation's College Television awards
Photo: Mathew Imaging/Craig Mathew |
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The Emmy Foundation hosted its 30th annual College Television awards on Saturday night at Culver Studios to honor the work of student filmmakers. Organizers received more than 700 submissions from around the country—a new record. Tom Bergeron of Dancing With the Stars hosted the event, which also included celebrity presenters Masi Oka of Heroes and Ricardo Chavira of Desperate Housewives.
Emmy Foundation program manager Debbie Slavkin oversaw the event. “The past couple years it’s been theatrical, but this year it's more modern technology-looking, more streamlined and high tech,” Slavkin said. The stage setup included two nine- by 12-foot translucent screens and an intricate lighting design that changed throughout the show.
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| NEWS 09.22.08 1:50 PM |
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The Press on the Emmys: A Host of Problems
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Frazier Moore of the Associated Press may have put it best when he asked, “Are the TV writers still on strike?” Sunday night’s 60th annual Emmy Awards, broadcast on ABC, were not well received by critics or the record-breaking small audience that bothered to tune in. Preliminary ratings for the 2008 broadcast were down 13 percent from last year’s record low, with a mere 12.2 million viewers watching the show—that’s more than 5 million fewer people than what ABC brings in for a particularly poor showing of Desperate Housewives, which is a part of the network's regular Sunday schedule.
So what was the biggest problem? The consensus blames the five co-hosts, the nominees in the newly introduced best reality show host category. USA Today, New York magazine, and Variety all sounded off this morning on the dismal performance of Ryan Seacrest, Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum, Jeff Probst, and Howie Mandel. The five kicked off the ceremony with a stunted, unforgivably unscripted bit that fielded its first criticism 15 minutes into the show when Jeremy Piven accepted his award by chiding the night’s labored beginning.
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| EVENT REPORT 09.22.08 12:36 PM |
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Marilyn Monroe Inspires Emmys' Expanded Governors Ball
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 | The 2008 Primetime Emmys Governors Ball
Photo: Nadine Froger |
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Last night’s 60th annual primetime Emmy Awards celebrated excellence in television, awarding actors including Glenn Close, Tina Fey, and Jeremy Piven statuettes for their roles on the small screen. But it was a film rather than a television series that inspired the decor behind this year’s Governors Ball. Because 2008 marks the diamond anniversary of the Emmys, ball co-chair Dwight Jackson decided to incorporate diamonds into his design, and turned to Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in the classic 1958 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for creative inspiration.
Jackson, who enlisted the help of Sequoia Productions’ Cheryl Cecchetto to produce the event, created a color scheme of black and Schiaparelli pink—the shade of Monroe’s dress in the musical number. Guests found touches of the distinctive bright pink hue scattered throughout the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, where it popped up in the form of tablecloths, napkins, throw pillows, ottomans, and strips of carpeting.
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