The King’s Speech, Inception and Black Swan were the feature film winners at the Art Directors Guild‘s 15th annual Excellence in 2010 Production Design Awards held last night during a gala ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. The King’s Speech and its production designer Eve Stewart took the Period Film category. Inception and its production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas won the Fantasy Film category. And Black Swan and its production designer Therese DePrez topped the Contemporary Film category.
Production designer Jesse B. Benson earned the top honor for commercials on the strength of Dos Equis’ “Ice Fishing” directed by Steve Miller of @radical.media for Euro RSCG New York.
Television winners were: Production designers Dan Bishop for the “Public Relations” episode of Mad Men (Single Camera TV Series category), Robb Wilson King for Secrets In The Wall (TV Movie or Miniseries), Richard Berg for the “Halloween” episode of Modern Family (episode of a half hour Single-Camera TV series), and Keith Raywood, Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura and N. Joseph DeTullio for the Betty White/Jay Z episode of Saturday Night Live (episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety or Unscripted Series).
Production designer David Rockwell topped the Awards, Music or Game Shows category for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
Art Directors Guild chairman Thomas A. Walsh presided over the awards ceremony with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the second consecutive year. Honorary awards were presented to production designer Patricia Norris for Lifetime Achievement and to Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery. Three additional legendary production designers were inducted into its Hall of Fame, bringing the roster to 33. The new inductees were Alexander Golitzen, Albert Heschong and Eugène Lourié.
The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) represents nearly 2,000 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as production designers, art directors, assistant art directors, scenic, title and graphic artists, illustrators, matte Artists, set designers and model makers.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More