Five-time Emmy-winning production designer Rene Lagler, 75, has done it all, including countless TV specials and series such as The Mary Tyler Moore Hour; awards shows including the 57th Oscars; and events such as the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in L.A., Democratic National Conventions and President Clinton’s inaugural galas. And for that, he’ll be one of four Lifetime Achievement Award honorees at the 21st annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards.
In fact, Lagler himself has been a witness to history. Take his Emmy-winning work on David Wolper’s Liberty Weekend in 1986, which...
In fact, Lagler himself has been a witness to history. Take his Emmy-winning work on David Wolper’s Liberty Weekend in 1986, which...
- 2/10/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Keep up with the glitzy awards world with our weekly Awards Roundup column.
– The American Film Institute will honor actress Annette Bening with a tribute at AFI Fest on Wednesday, November 16 followed by a gala screening of her new film, “20th Century Women,” written and directed by Mike Mills. The tribute will celebrate her career and include a conversation with the actress.
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“Annette Bening is a modern-day icon of American cinema,” AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga said in a statement. “In ’20th Century Women,’ she finds one of her richest roles yet, delivering a strong performance that anchors the film’s terrific ensemble cast.”
Bening has been nominated for an Academy Award four times, for her performances in “The Grifters” (1990), “American Beauty” (1999), “Being Julia” (2004) and “The Kids Are All Right...
– The American Film Institute will honor actress Annette Bening with a tribute at AFI Fest on Wednesday, November 16 followed by a gala screening of her new film, “20th Century Women,” written and directed by Mike Mills. The tribute will celebrate her career and include a conversation with the actress.
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“Annette Bening is a modern-day icon of American cinema,” AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga said in a statement. “In ’20th Century Women,’ she finds one of her richest roles yet, delivering a strong performance that anchors the film’s terrific ensemble cast.”
Bening has been nominated for an Academy Award four times, for her performances in “The Grifters” (1990), “American Beauty” (1999), “Being Julia” (2004) and “The Kids Are All Right...
- 10/14/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
David L. Wolper, who made television history with the productions of "Roots" and won international acclaim as a major event producer with the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles and the July 4th, l986, Liberty Weekend celebration of the relighting of the Statue of Liberty, died quietly in his Beverly Hills home on Tuesday evening of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 82-years-old and, appropriately, as one of the major producers in the history of the medium, was watching television with his wife of 36 years, Gloria. In 1999, TV Guide chose David L. Wolper as one of the people who made a difference in television history, writing "a true original whose vision and innovation shaped the medium. As one of television's top creative forces,...
- 8/11/2010
- by Dale Olsen
- Huffington Post
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