People's Choice Awards 2016 Winners Announced

The People’s Choice Awards 2016 was held last night.  Below is a list of the winners: 

MOVIE CATEGORIES

Favorite Movie

Furious 7

Favorite Movie Actor

Channing Tatum

Favorite Movie Actress

Sandra Bullock

Favorite Action Movie

Furious 7

Favorite Action Movie Actor

Chris Hemsworth

Favorite Action Movie Actress

Shailene Woodley

Favorite Animated Movie Voice

Selena Gomez

Favorite Comedic Movie

Pitch Perfect 2

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor

Kevin Hart

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress

Melissa McCarthy

Favorite Dramatic Movie

The Martian

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor

Johnny Depp

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress

Dakota Johnson

Favorite Family Movie

Minions

Favorite Thriller Movie

Taken 3

TV CATEGORIES

Favorite TV Show

The Big Bang Theory

Favorite Network TV Comedy

The Big Bang Theory

Favorite Comedic TV Actor

Jim Parsons

Favorite Comedic TV Actress

Melissa McCarthy

Favorite Network TV Drama

Grey’s Anatomy

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor

Taylor Kinney

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress

Ellen Pompeo

Favorite Cable TV Comedy

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Favorite Cable TV Drama

Pretty Little Liars

Favorite Cable TV Actor

Kevin Hart

Favorite Cable TV Actress

Sasha Alexander

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show

Homeland

Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor

Dwayne Johnson

Favorite Premium Cable TV Actress

Kristen Bell

Favorite TV Crime Drama

Person of Interest

Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor

Nathan Fillion

Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress

Stana Katic

Favorite Network TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show

Beauty and the Beast

Favorite Cable TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show

Outlander

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor

Jensen Ackles

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress

Caitriona Balfe

Favorite Competition TV Show

The Voice

Favorite Daytime TV Host

Ellen DeGeneres

Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team

The Talk

Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host

Jimmy Fallon

Favorite Streaming Series

Orange is the New Black

Favorite Actor In A New TV Series

John Stamos

Favorite Actress In A New TV Series

Priyanka Chopra

Favorite Animated TV Show

The Simpsons

Favorite New TV Comedy

Scream Queens

Favorite New TV Drama

Supergirl

MUSIC CATEGORIES

Favorite Male Artist

Ed Sheeran

Favorite Female Artist

Taylor Swift

Favorite Group

Fifth Harmony

Favorite Breakout Artist

Shawn Mendes

Favorite Male Country Artist

Blake Shelton

Favorite Female Country Artist

Carrie Underwood

Favorite Country Group

Lady Antebellum

Favorite Pop Artist

Taylor Swift

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist

Nicki Minaj

Favorite R&B Artist

The Weeknd

Favorite Album

Title by Meghan Trainor

Favorite Song

 “What Do You Mean?” by Justin Bieber

Favorite Music Icon

Madonna

DIGITAL CATEGORIES

Favorite Social Media Celebrity

Britney Spears

Favorite Social Media Star

Matt Bellassai

Favorite Mobile Game

Candy Crush Saga

Favorite Video Game

Super Smash Bros.

Favorite YouTube Star

Connor Franta

The DailyMail.com Seriously Popular™ Award

Maddie Ziegler

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Favorite Humanitarian

Ellen DeGeneres

Coeurage Is 'Head Over Heels' For Steve Julian

Steve Julian

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ERIC CZULEGER

In Honor of KPCC Radio Host Steve Julian

ONE NIGHT ONLY

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 AT 7:30 PM

Coeurage Theatre Company (Jeremy Lelliott, Artistic Director; Nicole Monet, Managing Director), LA’s only Pay What You Want company, has announced a special one night only reading of Head Over Heels, a play written and directed by Coeurage resident playwright Eric Czuleger, on Sunday, January 17 at 7:30pm at The Historic Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood. Proceeds from the event will go toward the ongoing medical care of Steve Julian, host of ‘Morning Edition’ on KPCC Radio and Coeurage board member.    

In November 2015, Steve Julian was diagnosed with stage four Glioblastoma Multiforme cancer, a brain tumor that grows aggressively and spreads quickly. All proceeds from this benefit reading will go directly to assisting with Julian’s medical expenses  and  ongoing  care.  A  friend  of  Coeurage  since its  founding, his enthusiastic

review of its inaugural production of Head Over Heels in 2010 was the first media recognition for the company.

The play: women on the verge of a hysterical breakthrough. Love letters we never thought we’d read, plus rants and raves from women you know and some you don’t. They’re all Head Over Heels. 

All actors in the reading appeared in the original production. They are (in alphabetical order) Kay Aston, Julianne Donelle, Aimee Karlin, Selin Mehrabian, Nicole Monet, and Sammi Smith.

Eric Czuleger is a journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and returned Peace Corps volunteer (Albania, 2011—2013). Head Over Heels and its male companion piece L.A. Lights Fire recently finished a three-month run at 13th Street Rep in New York City. Czuleger’s novels include Immortal L.A. and Eternal L.A. He is currently at work on a graphic novel with artist Ange Cox. 

Tickets for the Coeurage Theatre Company benefit reading of Head Over Heels are available on a Pay What You Want basis online at www.coeurage.org or by calling (323) 944-2165. To donate directly to Steve Julian’s medical care, go to https://pages.giveforward.com/medical/page-qkl56r3/.

The Historic Lankershim Arts Center is located at 5108 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, 91601. Street parking is available. 

CTG/Humanitas Playwriting Winners Announced

Center Theatre Group and Humanitas announce that Ngozi Anyanwu has won first place for the inaugural Humanitas/CTG Playwriting Prize, with Dan O’Brien in second place and Louisa Hill in third place. The prize is awarded annually to the best new unproduced play written by a Southern California-based writer. The winning plays will be developed with CTG’s literary staff, led by CTG’s Director of New Play Development Pier Carlo Talenti, and will be presented in staged readings at Humanitas Play Fest, Celebrating Southern California Playwrights, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre from February 12-14.

The playwrights and their works were selected from 234 total submissions, which were each read by at least two artists from a pool of 71 Southern California-based directors, dramaturgs, designers, actors and artistic directors who volunteered to serve as judges.

Anyanwu was awarded $5,000 for her play “Good Grief,” which follows Nkechi, a first generation Nigerian girl, and her misadventures of love, loss and growing up. If a Southern California theatre premieres the play, the theatre will receive $5,000 towards the production.

Dan O’Brien was awarded $2,000 for “The House in Scarsdale,” in which the playwright interviews lost relatives in pursuit of an answer to the mystery of the dissolution of his family.

Louisa Hill was awarded $2,000 for “Lord of the Underworld’s Home for Unwed Mothers,” a contemporary reimagining of the Demeter and Persephone myth.

Ngozi Anyanwu is an actress, writer and producer with an MFA in acting from the University of California, San Diego. She is the founder of the 1st Generation Nigerian Project, where she served as Artistic Director. Anyanwu is currently the Co-Artistic Director of NOW AFRICA’s Playwrights Festival. She is a recipient of the Djerassi Artist Residency.

“Good Grief” is Anyanwu’s first play, which she began as a student in UC San Diego’s MFA acting program. Apart from feedback from fellow students, she has primarily worked on the play alone.
“I’m excited for the support that an institution can bring, and I’m interested in seeing what that means for the play,” said Anyanwu.

Dan O’Brien is a playwright, poet and librettist living in Los Angeles. His play, “The Body of an American,” is the winner of the Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, the PEN Center USA Award for Drama and the L. Arnold Weissberger Award. It will receive an off-Broadway production in 2016. His third poetry collection, “New Life,” is forthcoming from Hanging Loose Press in Brooklyn. O’Brien is a 2015-2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Drama and Performance Art.

Louisa Hill received her MFA from the University of Iowa’s Playwrights Workshop, where she was the Iowa Arts Fellow. In 2012, she received the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

The partnership between Humanitas and Center Theatre Group not only provides support for rising playwrights, but fosters the growth of the Southern California theatre landscape.

“I think it’s particularly exciting for audiences to see work created by artists who live in their own communities and who also often write about their own communities,” said Talenti. “Theatre suddenly has a particularly special relevance when that happens.”

The winner and two runners-up will also be announced at the annual Humanitas Prize ceremony on Thursday, February 11, 2016, at the Directors Guild. 

Shakira's Voice Featured In Comedy 'Zootopia'

 

The modern mammal metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no other. Comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it’s a melting pot where animals from every environment live together—a place where no matter what you are, from the biggest elephant to the smallest shrew, you can be anything. But when optimistic Officer Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) arrives, she discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn’t so easy. Determined to prove herself, she jumps at the opportunity to crack a case, even if it means partnering with a fast-talking, scam-artist fox, Nick Wilde (voice of Jason Bateman), to solve the mystery. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia,” a comedy-adventure directed by Byron Howard (“Tangled,” “Bolt”) and Rich Moore (“Wreck-It Ralph,” “The Simpsons”) and co-directed by Jared Bush (“Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero”), opens in theaters on March 4, 2016.

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Ruby Dee's '1982' Final Performance On DVD

Street Date: 3/1/16

DVD SRP: $19.98

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Witness the lengths one man will go to for his family when 1982 arrives on DVD, Digital and On Demand March 1 from Codeblack Films and Lionsgate. From the producer of the 2015 smash hit The Perfect Guy, 1982 features an all-star cast including Hill Harper, Sharon Leal, Bokeem Woodbine, La La Anthony, Quinton Aaron, introducing Troi Zee, with Wayne Brady, and the legendary Ruby Dee in her final performance. An Official Selection of the Toronto Film Festival, the 1982 home entertainment release includes audio commentary with actor Hill Harper and writer/director Tommy Oliver and will be available on DVD for the suggested retail price of $19.98.

"At it's core, 1982 is a film about a father willing to do whatever it takes to save his family, “ says director Tommy Oliver. “Hill likes to think of his character as an everyday superhero - just without the tights and cape. I think of it as the type of father/husband/man I'd hope to be in that situation. It was an honor to work with Hill, Sharon, Wayne, Troi and the late Ruby Dee and I'm thrilled to be able to extend that group to include the good folks at Codeblack and Lionsgate."

Tim Brown is a devoted family man who has worked hard to provide a good life for his wife Shenae and daughter Maya. But all is threatened when Shenae’s old boyfriend returns from prison and lures her back into a dangerous lifestyle. Though his wife has abandoned him, Tim refuses to give up hope, fighting against impossible odds to bring his family back together in this powerful drama.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*

·       Audio Commentary with Actor Hill Harper and Writer/Director Tommy Oliver

·       Freestyle Rap

*Subject to Change

CAST

Hill Harper                 

Sharon Leal                  

Bokeem Woodbine        

La La Anthony              

Quinton Aaron              

Troi Zee                        

With Wayne Brady        

And Ruby Dee              

Paramount's Animated Film, 'The Little Prince' To Kick Off Santa Barbara International Film Festival

THE ANIMATED FILM’S STAR-STUDDED CAST FEATURES THE VOICES OF

JEFF BRIDGES, RACHEL MCADAMS, PAUL RUDD, JAMES FRANCO & RICKY GERVAIS.

Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will open with the U.S. premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “THE LITTLE PRINCE” at the Arlington Theatre on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016. Directed by Mark Osborne and featuring the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, James Franco, Mackenzie Foy, and Benicio Del Toro, “THE LITTLE PRINCE” is based on the classic tale of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Opening Night Film + Gala is co-sponsored by Bella Vista Designs.

“Saint-Exupéry’s novel is one of the most beloved works of the 20th century,” stated Roger Durling, Executive Director of SBIFF. “What Mark has done with this story is extraordinary and moving, and we think it provides a perfect tie-in to AppleBox, our free family screening program, and to the festival’s other philanthropic efforts. We are thrilled to have this film kick off our festival.”

“THE LITTLE PRINCE” weaves elements of the novel into an original narrative written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti. To ensure that her daughter is enrolled in a prestigious academy, The Mother forces The Little Girl into a rigorous study schedule that leaves her little time to enjoy her summer. To escape her overbearing mother, The Little Girl befriends The Aviator, her elderly retired next-door neighbor. As their friendship develops, The Aviator introduces The Little Girl to a magical world where anything is possible; a world that he was introduced to long ago by The Little Prince. Through an extraordinary and emotional journey, The Little Girl learns that what is truly essential to living a full and happy life can only be seen with the heart.

Paramount Pictures and On Animation Studios present “THE LITTLE PRINCE” based on “Le Petit Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry. Starring Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Benicio Del Toro, Ricky Gervais, Bud Cort, Paul Giamatti, Riley Osborne, with Albert Brooks and Mackenzie Foy. Produced by Aton Soumache, Dimitri Rassam and Alexis Vonarb. Original Screenplay by Irena Brignull & Bob Persichetti. Directed By Mark Osborne.

“THE LITTLE PRINCE” will be released March 18th, 2016.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, festival passes and packages, please visit www.sbiff.org.

About the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and educational organization dedicated to discovering and showcasing the best in independent and international cinema. SBIFF offers 11 days of 200+ films, tributes and symposiums that transforms beautiful downtown Santa Barbara, CA into a rich destination for film lovers which attract more than 90,000 attendees.

SBIFF continues its commitment to education and the community through free programs like its 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking and Screenwriting Competitions, Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies, National Film Studies Program, AppleBox Family Films, 3^rdWeekend and educational seminars. In recent years SBIFF has expanded its year round presence with regular screenings and Q&As with programs like Cinema Society, The Showcase and its Wave Film Festivals.