The world’s future filmmakers got a preview of the kind of Hollywood glamour and glory that could be theirs someday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its 40th annual Student Academy Awards.
Sixteen college students from around the globe were honored at the Saturday night ceremony, held at the academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills and hosted by onetime Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget. Presenters included writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhane (kwuh-VEHN’-juh-nay) Wallis.
This year’s student honors included two each from the University of Southern California, Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive eight Oscars and 46 Oscar nominations. Could Saturday night’s winners be far behind? Remember these names:
Gold Medal winners
— Brian Schwarz, University of Texas at Austin, Narrative category for “Ol’ Daddy.”
— Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, Animation category for “Dia de los Muertos.”
— David Aristizabal, University of Southern California, Documentary category for “A Second Chance.”
— Rafael Cortina, Occidental College, California, Alterative category for “Bottled Up.”
— Kristina Yee, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom, Foreign Film category for “Miss Todd.”
Silver Medal winners
— Jonathan Langager, University of Southern California, Narrative category for “Josephine and the Roach.”
— Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts, Animation category for “Will.”
— Rachel Loube, School of Visual Arts, New York, Documentary category for “Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists.”
— Perry Janes, University of Michigan, Alternative category for “Zug.”
— Talkhon Hamzavi, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, Foreign Film category for “Parvaneh.”
Bronze Medalists
— Mauro Mueller, Columbia University, New York, Narrative category for “Un Mundo para Raul (A World for Ra�l).”
— Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, Animation category for “Peck Pocketed.”
— Daniel Koehler, Elon University, North Carolina, Documentary category for “Win or Lose.”
— John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts, New York, Alternative category for “The Compositor.”
— Wouter Bouvijn, RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College, Belgium, Foreign Film category for “Tweesprong (Crossroads).”
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads — essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More