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    ICG Publicists Awards Bestow Lifetime Achievement Honor On Jerry Lewis

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    Steven Poster, ASC, president of the International Cinematographers Guild.

    Lionsgate’s Friedman and Wachsberger, ‘Scandal’s’ Shonda Rhimes, E.T.’s Linda Bell Blue Honored

    LOS ANGELES --

    A sold-out audience of Hollywood publicity and marketing executives, producers, studio and network executives, celebrities and press gathered for the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) 51st Annual ICG Publicists Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel today, chaired by Henri Bollinger and co-chaired by Tim Menke. Jerry Lewis received the Lifetime Achievement Award from fellow comedian and long-time friend Carol Burnett.

    In his opening remarks Guild president Steven Poster, ASC called for a moment of silence in recognition of the tragic accidental death last week of second assistant camerawoman Sarah Jones. He paid tribute to publicists and welcomed IATSE International president Matt Loeb and VP Mike Miller.

    Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger, co-chairs of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, were presented the Motion Picture Showmanship Award by Shailene Woodley and Theo James of Divergent, while Shonda Rhimes, creator, writer and producer of Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal was handed the Television Showmanship Award by Tony Goldwyn, who portrays the President of the United States in Scandal.

    Linda Bell Blue, president of Entertainment Tonight Studios, was the recipient of the President’s Award, presented to her by Poster. Josh Gad, the voice of Olaf in Frozen, presented a plaque commemorating the 90th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios to the studio’s executive vice president Andrew Millstein.

    This year’s winner of the Les Mason Award, the highest honor publicists can pay to one of their own went to Michael Singer, presented by Jacqueline Bisset.

    JoBeth Williams presented the Press Award to Scott Mantz of Access Hollywood while Phil Berk received the International Media Award from Theo Kingma, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

    The Maxwell Weinberg Award for Best Publicity Campaign for a Motion Picture went to the publicists from Warner Bros. who worked on Gravity. They were Jade Alex, Sharon Black, Cecilia Calderon, Mark Capaldi, Deva Cervera, Julie Cole, Melissa Crow, Justine Gamez, Mary Hunter, Kimberly Lerner, Jesse Mesa, Maureen O’Malley, Paulette Osorio, Emily Patt, Orna Pickens, Susan Shapiro, Gina Soliz and Lisa Stone. The Maxwell Weinberg Television Campaign Award went to American Horror Story: Coven from FX. The publicist was Mathew Mitchell. Finola Hughes made both presentations.

    Rob Steinberg (12 Years a Slave) presented the Excellence in Still Photography for Motion Pictures Award to Peter Fountain while the Television Still Photography Award went to Michael Yarish.

    Sirena Irwin, stage, screen actress and voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, was the voice-over host.
     

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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