Veteran Teamsters official Leo Reed has been re-elected secretary-treasurer of the union's Hollywood Local 399, winning 81% of 1,961 ballots cast.
Set to begin an unprecedented eighth term leading the local, Reed defeated rival candidate Mitch Masoner by a vote of 1,551 to 374. Reed's slate of officers also were returned, including president Tony Cousimano, vp Randy Peterson, recording secretary Rose Falcon and trustees Ed Duffy, Jack Fisher and Jon Hopton.
"I would like to thank my executive board, my business agents and office staff for a job well done and especially the members for their continued support over the last 21 years," Reed said. "It has been an honor to lead my fellow Teamsters in pursuit of good contracts, quality medical benefits and a pension that rewards years of hard work. I look forward to a united effort with the members that addresses the tough challenges ahead."
The Local represents studio drivers, location managers, casting directors,...
Set to begin an unprecedented eighth term leading the local, Reed defeated rival candidate Mitch Masoner by a vote of 1,551 to 374. Reed's slate of officers also were returned, including president Tony Cousimano, vp Randy Peterson, recording secretary Rose Falcon and trustees Ed Duffy, Jack Fisher and Jon Hopton.
"I would like to thank my executive board, my business agents and office staff for a job well done and especially the members for their continued support over the last 21 years," Reed said. "It has been an honor to lead my fellow Teamsters in pursuit of good contracts, quality medical benefits and a pension that rewards years of hard work. I look forward to a united effort with the members that addresses the tough challenges ahead."
The Local represents studio drivers, location managers, casting directors,...
- 10/5/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Host Of Shadows – Harry Shannon
“Everyone carries a shadow,” wrote analyst Carl Jung, “and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.”
Few of us see the shadow with any clarity. Turn around for a peek, it slips away. Our violent, sexually tinged fantasies are indulged regularly in darkened theaters, savored in eerie prose, celebrated in song, sometimes reluctantly encountered within the depths of a reoccurring nightmare. When we do look hard at one, long enough to recognize it as our own, the experience can challenge reality. We can then choose to become wiser as a result–or spin totally out of control…
How many fragments of a shattered mirror could you examine and still survive?
In this collection, his first in nearly ten years, award winning author Harry Shannon gives us twenty three short stories, some published here for the first time.
“Everyone carries a shadow,” wrote analyst Carl Jung, “and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.”
Few of us see the shadow with any clarity. Turn around for a peek, it slips away. Our violent, sexually tinged fantasies are indulged regularly in darkened theaters, savored in eerie prose, celebrated in song, sometimes reluctantly encountered within the depths of a reoccurring nightmare. When we do look hard at one, long enough to recognize it as our own, the experience can challenge reality. We can then choose to become wiser as a result–or spin totally out of control…
How many fragments of a shattered mirror could you examine and still survive?
In this collection, his first in nearly ten years, award winning author Harry Shannon gives us twenty three short stories, some published here for the first time.
- 8/16/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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