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International CES, Golden Globe Awards, Sundance Film Festival,MIDEM, GRAMMY Awards, Highlight January Media andEntertainment Industry Networking Events

The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival which will be running this yearthrough January 18, presented under the auspices of the Film Society, is dedicated tonurturing and encouraging new filmmaking talent, honoring the great masters of worldcinema and providing audiences with the opportunity to engage in an appreciation of, and aconversation about, the art of cinema as it is seen around the world. The International CES,produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), presents its annual event, January7-10 in Las Vegas, and among its program offerings presents a SuperSession, The TwitterRevolution: How The Real-Time Web is Changing the CE. Pune International Film Festival(PIFF) 2010 is the official festival of Government of Maharashtra in a joint venture withPune Film Foundation, and happens January 7-14. This close alliance draws on Pune'sstature of being home to a number of colleges, along with the presence of the historicNational Film Archive of India, also situated in Pune. Renowned as Sydney¹s first beachside

cinema, Flickerfest kicks off the (Australian) summer cinema season outdoors under thestars at Bondi Beach, January 8-17, screening short films from Australia, and the rest of theworld, in a relaxed summer environment. After the Sydney festival Flickerfest tours to 20venues around Australia.

A two-day production assistant workshop in Sherman Oaks, January 9-10, teachesessentials you need to know to get an entry level job in film production including, but notlimited to, radio/walkie use; function and terminology; all production paperwork; set "do's"and "don'ts"; how each department functions and interacts; specifics of the AD team; PAresponsibilities and behavior; industry employment. NAMM Music Products Trade Showhappens this year from January 14-17 in Anaheim, and brings together all facets of themusic products industry - musical instruments, lighting technologies and pro-audio, sound,and stage equipment - to reveal new musical instruments/products, and ideas to help music

products retailers and manufacturers become more successful. BMI will honor gospel greatsDonnie McClurkin and Andraé Crouch at its 11th Annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music AwardsLuncheon, on January 15 in Nashville. The invitation-only ceremony, held the day before the25th Annual Stellar Awards, which will be celebrated with hosts Kirk Franklin, Vickie Winans,and Donnie McClurkin, and will acknowledge gospel music's premier songwriters, recordingartists and music industry executives, as well as the genre's legends. The first annual 30ASongwriters Festival will debut January 15-17 along the resort highway on the Floridapanhandle between Destin and Panama City Beach -- that includes Alys Beach, RosemaryBeach, Seaside, Miramar Beach, WaterColor and Grayton Beach. More than 50 songwriters,including Jeffrey Steele, BMI Icon John Oates, Sam Bush, the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs,Matthew Sweet, Rodney Crowell, the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris, Shawn Mullins, Chely Wright,and many more are slated to perform. The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which

originated somewhere in the early 1940s by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,recognizes achievements in both television and motion pictures, and takes place this yearon January 17 in Los Angeles.

In "New Hollywood Cinema", Northwest Film Forum explores the themes and styles of theNew Hollywood movement which lasted from 1967 to 1980. Key films will be screened,studied for their cinematic power, and discussed for how they reflect the wider culture, inwhich gender roles were changing along with sexuality and views of class and race in theMonday sessions that run January 18 to February 22 in Seattle. In an outdoor cinemalocated at the main square in the heart of Tromsø, and set against the dark polar nights,

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Tromso International Film Festival gets underway January 18-24, with screenings, parties,and other off-screen events including an industry and social meeting for regional filmworkers organized by Nordnorsk Filmsenter and MEDIA Desk Norge, that takes place at thefestival January 20. Anusha Rizvi’s debut film “Peepli Live” has been selected to the worldcinema narrative competition section of Sundance Film Festival. The black comedy whichmay be the first Indian film in this category, produced by Aamir Khan

(www.aamirkhan.com), and using the sound mixing and sound design talents of HarikumarPillai (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=693280704), is a satirical look at thepredicament of a poor farmer deep in debt. Sundance Institute, begun by actor RobertRedford in 1981, features the national and international exhibition of new, independentdramatic and documentary films, runs January 21-31, and has screening venues in ParkCity, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Non-screening events and live showcases suchas the Sundance ASCAP Music Café extend the event in new areas.

MIDEM, the annual global music event taking place in Cannes, is inaugurating the MIDEMManagers’ Village hosted by the IMMF. The lounge and business area will host events, suchas: Trading Conditions for artists and managers in 2010; and match your act to leadingbrands coaching sessions. At Listening Sessions, play your tracks in front of music industrypeople looking for music to place in their projects (video games, advertisements, film and

TV scores, etc.), and showcase artists in live concerts at The Fringe showcase and othershowcasing events during the event's run from January 23-27. From January 25-27 in LasVegas, the annual NATPE Conference & Exhibition is an American program market servingthe worldwide television community, affecting television professionals who buy, sell,develop, finance, advertise, market or license content; implement technology; exploitrights; or leverage media assets. In Rotterdam starting January 27 and running throughFebruary 7, the International Film Festival Rotterdam launches an ambitious experiment infilm-making in this digital era through Cinema Reloaded, that allows filmmakers to directlyconnect with film lovers in order to finance and distribute their projects through combinedonline crowd sourcing and crowd funding. Cinema Reloaded will be accompanied by a year-long discussion and debate, and Rotterdam’s international co-production market, CineMart,has chosen 33 projects for the selection of its 27th edition. Every year prior to the GrammyAwards, MusiCares, a charity founded by The Recording Academy, honors a musician astheir person of the year. T Bone Burnett, Patty Griffin, Elton John, Lady Antebellum, LeonRussell, and host Jack Black have been added to the lineup for the 2010 Musicares PersonOf The Year tribute to Neil Young happening on January 29 in Los Angeles. The 52nd AnnualGRAMMY Awards, at which Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell, and TaylorSwift are slated to perform, will be held on January 31, and broadcast live from Los Angelesover the CBS Network, from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the"Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events" page atactorschecklist.com/news.html. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are alsoavailable at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, aswell as on The Actor's Checklist podcast blog at actorschecklist.com/loudblog. Follow the

posting of the news summary on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/actorschecklist. This monthon the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film, music and documentary. Last month was featured musical work in progress bySwedish musician Jan Verner-Carlsson, Gyprock Records, 'Final Act,' from United FrontVideo, Los Angeles, and Land of Misery Films with upcoming release, 'Chase'. These videosare now available on the Free Home Video Showcase at http://www.actorschecklist.com/video which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but without the audionews narration. The Actor's Checklist is proud announce the return of the Digital Media & Podcast Blog to find and/or view download to your iPhone the ten or five minute video or

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