Updated with more signatories: Reaction continues to The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech after his film won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film this month.
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
An open letter condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest Oscars acceptance speech has been signed by more than 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.
- 3/18/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the Oscars just around the corner, you could have easily mistaken the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards for a late-season “Barbie” party. But the pops of pink, magenta, and fuchsia that met honorees and guests throughout NeueueHouse in Hollywood on February 21 weren’t nodding to the billion-dollar Best Picture bid; they were sending a message to the AMPTP.
“We’re fighting for pay equity with department creative heads that are mostly male,” Ariyela Wald-Cohain told IndieWire. The costume designer is one of four craftspeople helming the CDG’s Pay Equity Steering Committee. Her co-chairs Whitney Anne Adams, Danielle Launzel, and Daniel Selon were also in attendance — donning bright pink designs with emblems announcing their labor fight.
“Our guild is 87 percent female, and we do believe it’s because costume design is considered ‘women’s work’ that we’re not getting equal pay,” Wald-Cohain said. “Our jobs are substantially similar,...
“We’re fighting for pay equity with department creative heads that are mostly male,” Ariyela Wald-Cohain told IndieWire. The costume designer is one of four craftspeople helming the CDG’s Pay Equity Steering Committee. Her co-chairs Whitney Anne Adams, Danielle Launzel, and Daniel Selon were also in attendance — donning bright pink designs with emblems announcing their labor fight.
“Our guild is 87 percent female, and we do believe it’s because costume design is considered ‘women’s work’ that we’re not getting equal pay,” Wald-Cohain said. “Our jobs are substantially similar,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Costume designers are stepping up their decades-long fight for pay equity and gender equity.
On Thursday, Hollywood costume designers launched Pay Equity Now, a movement designed to spotlight longstanding pay discrepancies. Emmy award-winner Ariyela Wald-Cohain (“Waitress”) explains, “Costume design has historically been viewed as ‘women’s work’ and due to the lack of understanding of our job, there has been a lack of respect for our craft.”
With IATSE Basic Agreement negotiations set to start in March, the guild is pushing forward with a call to action. Among the four-step plan, costume designers should ask their agents to demand the same pay as department heads such as production designers or directors of cinematography, and to share their salaries and terms of their contracts with costume designers who are working for the same studios.
Costume designers are key department heads on a set. Aside from being key collaborators with production designers,...
On Thursday, Hollywood costume designers launched Pay Equity Now, a movement designed to spotlight longstanding pay discrepancies. Emmy award-winner Ariyela Wald-Cohain (“Waitress”) explains, “Costume design has historically been viewed as ‘women’s work’ and due to the lack of understanding of our job, there has been a lack of respect for our craft.”
With IATSE Basic Agreement negotiations set to start in March, the guild is pushing forward with a call to action. Among the four-step plan, costume designers should ask their agents to demand the same pay as department heads such as production designers or directors of cinematography, and to share their salaries and terms of their contracts with costume designers who are working for the same studios.
Costume designers are key department heads on a set. Aside from being key collaborators with production designers,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Stronger in concept than execution, “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” is, as fans of Grady Hendrix’s YA source novel already know, studded with entertaining ideas. But while there’s certainly enough talent involved, the film adaptation can’t seem to coalesce around the cleverness and insight that made Hendrix’s book a bestseller.
Though this is the first feature from director Damon Thomas, he’s had plenty of experience in sharp, female-focused screen horror, as a director and executive producer of “Killing Eve” and “Penny Dreadful.” The same goes for writer Jenna Lamia, making her movie debut after working on shows like “Awkward” and “Good Girls.”
There’s also the unfulfilled promise of lead Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”), who is — through no fault of her own — miscast and misdirected as Abby, a self-conscious high school sophomore in 1988. Abby, who is alienated enough already, is broken-hearted about the fact that her...
Though this is the first feature from director Damon Thomas, he’s had plenty of experience in sharp, female-focused screen horror, as a director and executive producer of “Killing Eve” and “Penny Dreadful.” The same goes for writer Jenna Lamia, making her movie debut after working on shows like “Awkward” and “Good Girls.”
There’s also the unfulfilled promise of lead Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”), who is — through no fault of her own — miscast and misdirected as Abby, a self-conscious high school sophomore in 1988. Abby, who is alienated enough already, is broken-hearted about the fact that her...
- 9/30/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Costume designers have ratcheted up their long-running battle for pay equity, using the awards season spotlight and a starry guild video released last month to amplify their message.
Backstage following her Oscar victory March 27, “Cruella” costume designer Jenny Beavan pointed to the embroidered guild slogan “Naked Without Us” on her blouse, and assured media that pay equity is still very much an issue in her predominantly female field. “It’s not gone away,” said Bea- van, who became embroiled in a dispute with Disney for money from “Cruella” merchandising a year earlier.
According to data about artisan pay scales provided by the Costume Designers Guild’s pay equity committee, costume de- signers earn almost 1,000 less per week than production designers, their closest creative peers. And while it can be risky to speak out about earnings, costume designers are increasingly doing so to close the gap between their compensation and that commanded by other artisans.
Backstage following her Oscar victory March 27, “Cruella” costume designer Jenny Beavan pointed to the embroidered guild slogan “Naked Without Us” on her blouse, and assured media that pay equity is still very much an issue in her predominantly female field. “It’s not gone away,” said Bea- van, who became embroiled in a dispute with Disney for money from “Cruella” merchandising a year earlier.
According to data about artisan pay scales provided by the Costume Designers Guild’s pay equity committee, costume de- signers earn almost 1,000 less per week than production designers, their closest creative peers. And while it can be risky to speak out about earnings, costume designers are increasingly doing so to close the gap between their compensation and that commanded by other artisans.
- 4/27/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Television Academy announced the juried award winners for the 2021 Emmy Awards on Wednesday, with Netflix’s animated anthology series “Love, Death & Robots” scoring four separate accolades, the only series to earn multiple awards.
Winners for “Love, Death & Robots” include production designer Robert Valley, background artist Patricio Betteo, stop-motion animator Dan Gill, and character designer Laurent Nicolas. Rounding out the rest of the animation honors were storyboard artist David Krentz for his work on “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” and lead character layout artist Nik Ranieri for “The Simpsons.”
This year’s juried award categories included prizes for Individual Achievement in Animation, Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, Innovation in Interactive Programming, and Motion Design. These honors will be presented at the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which take place at L.A. Live the weekend of September 11 and 12 at 5 p.m. on Saturday and at 1 p.m.
Winners for “Love, Death & Robots” include production designer Robert Valley, background artist Patricio Betteo, stop-motion animator Dan Gill, and character designer Laurent Nicolas. Rounding out the rest of the animation honors were storyboard artist David Krentz for his work on “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” and lead character layout artist Nik Ranieri for “The Simpsons.”
This year’s juried award categories included prizes for Individual Achievement in Animation, Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, Innovation in Interactive Programming, and Motion Design. These honors will be presented at the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which take place at L.A. Live the weekend of September 11 and 12 at 5 p.m. on Saturday and at 1 p.m.
- 8/25/2021
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
“The Masked Singer” is now a two-time Emmy winner for its wild, wacky and breathtaking costumes. (We can already hear Piglet oinking in delight.) The costume design team, led by Marina Toybina (watch our recent interview), claimed its first trophy last year at the 2020 Creative Arts ceremony, but now this category has been changed to a juried award, so it gets voted on weeks before all of the other races. Fox’s “The Masked Singer” shares its second prize in the Variety/Nonfiction/Reality Costumes category with two other programs — Disney+’s “Black Is King” and IFC’s “Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular” — since juries can choose to award all of the nominees, some of the nominees or none of the nominees. Scroll down for the complete list of 2021 juried winners.
SEE2021 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 73rd Emmy Awards
Fox’s long-running animated...
SEE2021 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 73rd Emmy Awards
Fox’s long-running animated...
- 8/25/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Winners were revealed Wednesday in four juried categories for this year’s Emmy Awards, with the Television Academy bestowing honors in Animation, Costume, Interactive Programming and Motion Design.
Multiple winners include animators for Netflix’s short-form anthology series Love, Death + Robots and Apple TV+, the latter of which picked up trophies in Innovation in Interactive Programming (for For All Mankind: Time Capsule) and Motion Design (for Calls).
The juried entrants are not nominated but rather screened via category peer groups, who have the option to award several, one or no Emmys after reviewing the merits of each. Winners will be presented during the Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies the week of September 11-12.
Here are this year’s juried winners:
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • Plague of Madness
Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
David Krentz, Storyboard Artist
Love, Death + Robots • Ice
Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Robert Valley,...
Multiple winners include animators for Netflix’s short-form anthology series Love, Death + Robots and Apple TV+, the latter of which picked up trophies in Innovation in Interactive Programming (for For All Mankind: Time Capsule) and Motion Design (for Calls).
The juried entrants are not nominated but rather screened via category peer groups, who have the option to award several, one or no Emmys after reviewing the merits of each. Winners will be presented during the Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies the week of September 11-12.
Here are this year’s juried winners:
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • Plague of Madness
Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
David Krentz, Storyboard Artist
Love, Death + Robots • Ice
Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix
Robert Valley,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Masked Singer,” “The Simpsons” and “Love, Death and Robots” are among early winners for this year’s Emmy Awards, as the Television Academy announced juried category honorees in the fields of animation, costume, interactive programming and motion design.
“Love, Death and Robots” landed four Emmys in the individual achievement in animation category, giving Netflix an early lead in Emmy tallies, with four. “The Simpsons” and “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” also won in the field. Per the academy, “The juried awards bestowed for Individual Achievement in Animation reflect the variety of artistic achievements that contribute to the creation of 2D- and 3D-animated content and the talented artists who drive animation excellence.”
Meanwhile, the outstanding costumes for a variety, nonfiction or reality program category, which had just one winner in recent years (last year going to “The Masked Singer,” has moved back to being a juried award. “In this year’s Emmys competition,...
“Love, Death and Robots” landed four Emmys in the individual achievement in animation category, giving Netflix an early lead in Emmy tallies, with four. “The Simpsons” and “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” also won in the field. Per the academy, “The juried awards bestowed for Individual Achievement in Animation reflect the variety of artistic achievements that contribute to the creation of 2D- and 3D-animated content and the talented artists who drive animation excellence.”
Meanwhile, the outstanding costumes for a variety, nonfiction or reality program category, which had just one winner in recent years (last year going to “The Masked Singer,” has moved back to being a juried award. “In this year’s Emmys competition,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Beyoncé’s “Black Is King,” Apple TV+ series “For All Mankind” and the animated “Love, Death + Robots” have picked up Emmys from the Television Academy’s categories decided on by a jury.
The juried categories include Animation, Costume, Interactive Programming and Motion Design. These awards will be presented to the selected winners at the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys ceremony next month, which take place the weekend of Sept. 11-12 at L.A. Live.
In the category for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, the Academy awarded six Emmys, including four to “Love, Death + Robots” spread across three different episodes of the Netflix show, as well as one to “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” and another to “The Simpsons” for the episode “Wad Goals.”
“Black Is King” on Disney+ won for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, as did an episode of “The Masked Singer” and “Sherman’s Showcase...
The juried categories include Animation, Costume, Interactive Programming and Motion Design. These awards will be presented to the selected winners at the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys ceremony next month, which take place the weekend of Sept. 11-12 at L.A. Live.
In the category for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, the Academy awarded six Emmys, including four to “Love, Death + Robots” spread across three different episodes of the Netflix show, as well as one to “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” and another to “The Simpsons” for the episode “Wad Goals.”
“Black Is King” on Disney+ won for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program, as did an episode of “The Masked Singer” and “Sherman’s Showcase...
- 8/25/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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