steven miessner
LOS ANGELES - Steven Miessner, the motion picture academy’s devoted “Keeper of the Oscars” who each year donned his signature white gloves to get the golden statuettes ready for their closeup before a worldwide audience, is dead at age 48. [1]
Steven Miessner, the motion picture academy’s devoted “Keeper of the Oscars” who each year donned his signature white gloves to get the golden statuettes ready for their closeup before a worldwide audience, is dead at age 48. [2]
Sony Pictures Classics said it formed a “production partnership” with Zhang for his adaptation of the Coen brothers’ 1984 movie “Blood Simple,” and has bought its distribution rights in North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. [1]
A Los Angeles jury has found that a 23-year-old woman was legally insane when she suffocated her newborn daughter in 2004. [3]
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REASON TO WATCH: Rare prime-time series set in space, plus chance to catch up with journeymen actors Ron Livingston (”Office Space”) and Malik Yoba (”New York Undercover”). [4]
Authorities are hunting for suspects in a spate of bank robberies in Los Angeles and Ventura counties over the past week. [...] The couple accused in the March hit-and-run death of a University of Southern California student rejected a plea deal on Friday that called for prison sentences of six and four years. [...] Skateboard veteran Danny Way celebrated yet another X Games gold medal, yet again on crutches. [3]
BEIJING - China summoned the Australian ambassador to protest a proposed visit to his country by an exiled Uighur leader whom Beijing accuses of instigating recent ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. [1]
The Los Angeles Clippers have waived guard Mike Taylor. [...] Police Chief William Bratton has agreed to transfer authority over retired and off-duty officers who moonlight as security guards on movie and TV shoots to the city. [...] A judge refused to grant bail for four men arrested Friday for their roles in an alleged arms trafficking ring, with one man claiming he is a member of a notorious Mexican drug cartel, federal authorities said. [3]
Harvey’s Antiques spawned Harvey’s Props, which eventually became 20th Century Props, described by Schwartz as “the biggest prop house in the world under one roof.” [1]
Sources:
[1] KGO AM 810 Newstalk Radio, San Francisco.
[2] Atlanta Movie Theaters/ Movies in Atlanta | accessAtlanta
[3] Baltimore News - Baltimore, California on Examiner.com
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