Director David Shane of O Positive will be the featured speaker at the gala screening of the 2024 winners at the AICP Awards in Los Angeles. The event at The Ebell of Los Angeles will kick off the awardsโ 2024 National Tour.
Set for Thursday, July 25, the L.A. event starts with a happy hour from 6 to 7 pm, with the program to follow. The evening closes out with a reception from 8 to 11 pm. Ticket information is available here.
As the eveningโs featured speaker, Shane will take attendees through a journey to examine the creative process and the nuances of working with actors. Joining him will be Chloe Wepper, an actor who appeared in Shaneโs Apple spot โAlbum Cover,โ a winner in the Performance category at this yearโs AICP Show. Wepper is also known for her work on โOffice Christmas Party,โ โStar Trek: Picardโ and โThe Rookie,โ among other credits.
Their conversation will delve into all aspects of performance and acting for film. Shane will also discuss the creation of his short film for the AICP Awards, โThe Journey,โ which will be screened at the start of the program.
A founding partner of O Positive, Shane–known for his work in comedy–has won awards around the world. His โBest Friendsโ spot for Uber One |Uber Eats won the Advertising Excellence honor at this yearโs AICP Show. It was also nominated for an Emmy Awards this year, as was โAlbum Cover.โ
The Los Angeles event launches this yearโs AICP Awards National Tour, with similar events on tap for San Francisco on Oct. 16, Dallas on Nov. 14 and Chicago on Nov. 21. A date for the AICP Awards in Mexico City will be announced shortly.
Established in 1992, The AICP Show is the most important advertising showcase in the U.S. dedicated to excellence in craft. The AICP Post Awards, which debuted in 2001, honors excellence in a wide range of postproduction crafts and disciplines. And the AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 11 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications.
Honorees of the AICP Show, The AICP Next Awards and The AICP Post Awards are preserved in The Museum of Modern Artโs Department of Filmโs state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museumโs curators.
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults โ two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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