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ITVFest (Independent Television Festival)
Catalyst Story Institute & Content Festival, formerly the ITVFest (The Independent Television Festival), is an arts organization and an annual festival gathering of fans, artists and executives from around the world to celebrate outstanding independent narrative production. The festival gives independent television and narrative artists the opportunity to share their work with television professionals and a larger community of independent TV producers. Catalyst Story Institute & Content Festival is the only independent television festival in the United States. ITVFest is the first festival dedicated to independently produced pilots and webseries, with an emphasis on new media. Festival support has come from companies and media outlets including Sony, The TV Academy ( the Emmys), Fox TV Studios, RDF, Comedy Central, SyFy, FX (TV channel), GSN, HBO, Current TV, The Hollywood Reporter, Tubefilter, StickamB-Sideand Comcast. History Catalyst Story Institute & Content Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duluth, Minnesota
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Viacom (2005–present)
Viacom, an abbreviation of Video and Audio Communications, may refer to: * Viacom (1952–2006), a former American media conglomerate * Viacom (2005–2019), a former company spun off from the original Viacom * Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Global and TV18 in India ** Viacom18 Studios, the film subsidiary of Viacom18 See also * CBS (other) * Paramount (other) * Paramount Global Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned and operated by National Amusements (79.4%) and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York. I ..., an American media conglomerate known as ViacomCBS until 2022 {{Disambiguation Paramount Global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Television Festivals
This is a list of notable television festivals. Television festivals * &actioninternational media festival Norway * USA * Canada * UK * |
Charlotte Newhouse
Charlotte Newhouse is an actress and writer known for creating, and starring in the Comedy Central series '' Idiotsitter,'' which premiered in 2014''.'' She also appeared in ''Reno 911!'' (2006), ''Community'' (2009), '' The Man That I Was'' (2010), ''The Big Bang Theory'' (The Desperation Emanation)(2010), '' Celebrity Impression'' (2010), ''Workaholics'' (2011), and '' Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos'' (2012). Newhouse was a member of The Groundlings, along with Laurel Coppock and Ryan Gaul. A 2011 ''L.A. Times'' review noted their performance as "a cappella singers who enthusiastically perform Toto's "Africa" even though they are missing six members of their group ("Throat Culture") and know only the background and percussion parts". In 2015 she played the lead role of Mackenzie in the comedy short ''Sensitive Guys'', directed by Jason Farrand. In January 2016, Comedy Central debuted a new series, '' Idiotsitter'', in which Newhouse portrays Harvard graduate Wilhelmina "Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frisky (website)
''The Frisky'' was a women's entertainment and lifestyle website, operating from 2008 until 2016. In 2010, ''The Frisky'' had more than 2 million average monthly readers (as measured by comScore) making it one of the leading woman's interest sites in the United States. ''The Frisky'' was described as newer women's media, as compared to traditional women's magazines such as ''Redbook'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Glamour'', and the ''Ladies Home Journal''. In 2011, Buzzmedia (now SpinMedia) acquired ''The Frisky'' from their previous owner, Turner Broadcasting System. In November 2015, ''The Frisky'' cancelled adult film star James Deen's sex advice column and removed ads and links to Deen's official website after Deen was accused of multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. In 2016, SpinMedia closed. The Frisky and two other SpinMedia sites, Celebuzz and The Superficial, were sold to CPX Interactive Digital Remedy (formerly known as CPX Interactive) is a digital media executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Touil-Tartour
Laurent Touil-Tartour (born November 23, 1971) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer. He is known for writing, directing and producing the web series ''Urban Wolf'' (2010). His works have been described by the American Film Institute, Wired Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and others as "original and visionary". In 2010 Touil-Tartour licensed the worldwide distribution rights of Urban Wolf to Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2011 Touil-Tartour has signed with film director/producer Michael Bay's production company The to direct feature films, commercials, video games, web content and/or TV shows. Filmography Web & Mobile *''Urban Wolf'' (2010) – creator, producer, writer, director ''Urban Wolf'' is an online non-verbal drama series, with 15 webisodes of 4 minutes long each. The world premiere and first public screening of the show took place at Comic-Con 2009, in San Diego. In 2009, at the 4th Annual Los Angeles Independent Television Festival ''Urban Wolf'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Wolf
''Urban Wolf'' is an online non-verbal drama series, with 15 webisodes of 4 minutes long each. The movie was written, produced and directed by Laurent Touil-Tartour. The world premiere and first public screening of the show took place at Comic-Con 2009, in San Diego. In 2009, at the 4th Annual Los Angeles Independent Television Festival ''Urban Wolf'' won the Award for Best Drama. And in 2011, during the 15th Annual Webby Awards ''Urban Wolf'' won the People's Voice Award for Best Drama. It also has been selected for the 2009 AFI DigiFest by the American Film Institute as "one of the most compelling example of new media storytelling". On March 31, 2010, Sony Pictures Entertainment officially announces a groundbreaking worldwide distribution deal for the series. The show premiered on Sony Pictures Entertainment owned Crackle on May 13, 2010. Then Sony Pictures syndicated the series in a multi-platform footprint including: YouTube, hulu, the PlayStation Network, Google TV, the Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OzGirl
''OzGirl'' is an Australian web series that ran from February to June, 2009. The series consists of 24 episodes, of between five and seven minutes each. The final episode was broadcast live on-air. Story ''OzGirl'' tells the story of Sadie Brown, a small-town, country girl who moves to Melbourne, where she lives with her cousin Megan. The show explores Sadie's efforts to make friends, get a job, pursue her passion for photography, meet "Mr. Right", fall in love, and find her long-lost mother. It started out as an experiment in the use of social networking as a medium for building a community. ''OzGirl'' established a "solid audience across a range of platforms including Fairfax Digital, Virgin Australia, KoldCast TV, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Zune and TiVo." The series has been described as "Australia's first social web show in which the characters exist within the audience's existing social networks and interact with them as they would if they were real people." Cast * Sophie T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host. He has appeared in over 80 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's legal film ''A Few Good Men'', Jacob Goldman in '' Grumpy Old Men'' and its sequel ''Grumpier Old Men''; Todd Hockney in ''The Usual Suspects'', Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese's ''Casino'', and Bobby Chicago in '' End of Days''. From 2016 to 2022, the actor played a recurring role in '' Better Things''. Since 2017, Pollak has been a regular cast member on ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' on Amazon. Early life Pollak was born on October 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California. He is the younger son of Elaine Harlow and Robert Pollak. He has one older brother, Craig, who lives in San Jose, California. He attended high school at Pioneer High School in San Jose. Pollak was raised in Reform Judaism. Career Acting As an actor, Pollak's roles include the best friend or confidant characters to the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illeana Douglas
Illeana Hesselberg (born July 25, 1961 or 1965), known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. She appeared in three episodes of '' Six Feet Under'', for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association, and in the TV series ''Action'' opposite Jay Mohr, for which she won a Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. , she can be seen on Turner Classic Movies where she hosts specials focused on unheralded women directors from film history. Early life Douglas was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joan Douglas (née Georgescu), a schoolteacher, and Gregory Hesselberg, a painter. Douglas's father was the son of Hollywood actor Melvyn Douglas and his wife, the artist Rosalind Hightower. Douglas had two older brothers, the late Stefan Gregor Hesselberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Nichols (actress)
Rachel Emily Nichols is an American actress and model. Nichols began modeling while attending Columbia University in New York City in the late 1990s, and transitioned into acting by the early 2000s; she had a part in the romantic drama '' Autumn in New York'' (2000) and a one-episode role in the fourth season of ''Sex and the City'' (2002). Her first major role was in the comedy '' Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'' (2003), and she went on to achieve wider recognition playing Rachel Gibson in the final season of the action television series ''Alias'' (2005–2006) and for her role in the horror film ''The Amityville Horror'' (2005). Nichols obtained her first starring film role in the thriller '' P2'' (2007) and found mainstream success with the science-fiction action films ''Star Trek'' (2009) and '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009). Her other notable films include ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'' (2008), ''Conan the Barbarian'' (2011), ''Alex Cross'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu@K I Love U
F#@K I Love U is a United States original independent drama/comedy series. The pilot episode premiered March 18, 2014 followed by 4 additional episodes August 10, 2014 on YouTube and Vimeo. February 4, 2015 the official website was launched with additional video content and photos. F#@K I Love U has won the 2015 award for ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) "Best Acting Ensemble" in Dover, Vermont and the Indie Fest 2015 July "Award of Merit." Story F#@K I Love U is a dramatic tale of a modern family that gets quickly pulled into a spiral of interconnected events that test the limits of their bond and mutual love. Douglas Winston, a black conservative councilman for Los Angeles, California, has built his supposedly dream life and family with his college sweetheart Angie, a white liberal philanthropist. Together they had twin boys, James and Michael. Douglas and Angie have very different views on life, but it was those different views and passions that made them attracted to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
