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  • Hollywood stunt organisations seek Academy Award consideration

    Hollywood stunt organisations seek Academy Award consideration

    MUMBAI: Is it time for the most prestigious movie awards ceremony, The Academy Awards, to recognise stuntmen? Four of Hollywood’s premier stunt organisations certainly believe so.

    With a week to go for the 77th edition of the Oscar Awards four stunt organisations have launched a unified effort to lobby The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) for recognition and acceptance of the category of Best Stunt Coordinator. In India the Oscars will air live on Star Movies on 28 February at 6:30 am.

    Representatives from Stunts Unlimited, Brand X, The Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures and The International Stunt Association have teamed to petition the Academy for recognition of their craft as both an art and a science and worthy of the creation of a new award category. There is an awards ceremony the World Stunt Awards which recognises their work.

    In a joint statement they say, “Stunt performers are the only faction of the movie industry that must literally risk their lives for the sake of their art. The talent and expertise that is required of a stunt coordinator to be both creative and safe is enormous and highly deserving of Academy recognition.”

    Movie mavericks like directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese who could win his first Oscar for The Aviator, Jerry Bruckheimer, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger have all signed the petition. The stunt organisations make a valid point when they state that no one who has contributed a lot to the motion picture industry whether it is make up or costume design has failed to be recognised by the Academy.

    On the television front an Emmy is awarded for Outstanding Stunt Coordination. The stunt organisations have further stated that action films that rely heavily on their work are amongst the highest earners at the box office.
     

  • NBC’s Tsunami benefit concert attracts star studded lineup

    NBC’s Tsunami benefit concert attracts star studded lineup

    MUMBAI: Tomorrow 15 January US broadcaster NBC will air a benefit concert on its channel and across the NBC Universal platforms.

    Actors Brad Pitt, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Robert DeNiro are among those taking part.

    SBC Communications will underwrite the two-hour, commercial-free special. Performances will be available for download on Sony Connect. In association with this event, Sony’s Connect music store will offer downloads of the live performances from the concert.

    All proceeds from download sales will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund. Sony America will match the first $100,000 raised through domestic download sales. Downloads will be available at www.connect.com.

    Meanwhile in Australia rock groups Midnight Oil and Silverchair will organise a fund-raising concert on 29 January at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

    The event is called Wave Aid. Organized by six major talent managers, Wave Aid is expected to raise $1.3 million for the Australian Red Cross, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, Unicef and Care Australia charities. Earlier the first benefit concert in the series which took place on 8 January at the Sydney Opera House, raised $15 million.

  • BBDO New York’s hat trick at London ad awards

    NEW YORK: BBDO New York was the most awarded individual agency at this year’s London International Advertising Awards (LIAA), dominating the television/cinema competition with awards in seven different categories. This marks the third year in a row that BBDO New York has topped the London International Advertising Awards.

    BBDO New York captured a total of seven awards for its television work on behalf of six different clients, including the “Best Campaign” award for its New York Miracle spots which featured New York personalities (such as Woody Allen, Kevin Bacon, Billy Crystal, Robert DeNiro, Henry Kissinger and Ben Stiller) living out their New York dreams. The campaign was created for the Office of the Mayor of New York City after September 11.

    BBDO New York’s achievement at the London International Advertising Awards follows the release last week of findings from The Gunn Report. This annual tabulation of the award winners from the top international and national creative competitions, named BBDO Worldwide the most awarded agency network of the year, and BBDO New York, one of the top 10 most awarded individual agencies in the world.

    The London International Advertising Awards is one of the most prestigious events of its kind. This year, more than 16,000 entries were received, representing 76 countries. However, less than one per cent of the total entries were awarded statues. To receive a statue, an entry must receive a score of at least 9 points out of a maximum of ten. The LIAA was founded in 1985 and honors the world’s most creative advertising in television/cinema, print, package design, radio and interactive media.

    The agency also won in the nonalcholic beverages category. It made the Britney – Then & Now for Pepsi.

    BBDO New York is the flagship office of BBDO Worldwide, the third largest global agency network. In 2001, BBDO New York was named “Agency of the Year” by Creativity magazine; and BBDO Worldwide was named “Global Agency of the Year” by Ad Age, Ad Age Global, and Adweek, making BBDO the only agency to receive the top honour from every leading industry publication in the same year.