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    George Clooney to present ADG’s Lifetime Achievement Award to production designer Jim Bissell

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    George Clooney will present the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Lifetime Achievement Award to his longtime friend, Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated production designer Jim Bissell, at the 19th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards. The announcement was made by ADG Council Chairman Marcia Hinds and ADG Awards producers Dave Blass and James Pearse Connelly. The presentation will take place at a black-tie ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, January 31.

    Clooney is a two-time Oscar winner, as supporting actor in Syriana and as a producer of the 2013 best motion picture Argo. He has won five Golden Globes for Argo (2012), The Descendants (2011), Syriana (2005) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). One of Hollywood’s leading men on screen and behind the camera, he is the 2015 recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an honorary Golden Globe for his contribution to cinema. His upcoming projects include directing Sony Pictures’ Hack Attack and executive producing Showtime’s The Studio with Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan.

    Clooney’s collaboration with production designer Bissell began in 2002 with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, followed by the Oscar-nominated Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2007) and most recently The Monuments Men (2014), starring Matt Damon, Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett.

    Bissell’s impressive credits include E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), as well as The Rocketeer (1991), Jumanji (1995), 300 (2006) and Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol (2011). He’s been awarded a Primetime Emmy for Palmerstown, U.S.A. (shared with Bill Webb, 1980), an Oscar nomination and Satellite Award win for Good Night, and Good Luck (shared with Jan Pascale, 2005) and additional nominations from the ADG, BAFTA and LAFCA Awards.

    As previously announced, filmmaker Christopher Nolan will receive the prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be awarded for the first time in ADG history to all four crafts. Joining Bissell as a recipient of this prestigious award will be Camille Abbott (illustrator and matte artist), John P. Bruce (set designer) and Will Ferrell (scenic artist).

    Additional presenters include Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Julie Bowen and Mayim Bialik.

    Nominations for this year’s ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards were announced on January 5, 2015. The complete list of nominees can be viewed here. Winners in 11 competitive categories will be revealed on January 31.

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    DirecTV calls off acquisition of rival Dish, possibly ending a yearslong pursuit

    Friday, November 22, 2024
    Dish Network satellite dishes are shown at an apartment complex in Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

    DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company.

    The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to trade in the debt they held for debt in the new company, a swap that would have cost them about $1.6 billion, collectively.

    The retreat by DirecTV this week may end a years-long effort by the company to acquire both Dish and Sling after it announced the bid in September.

    DirecTV was looking to acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that included a payment of $1, plus the assumption of approximately $9.8 billion in debt. The deal was contingent on several factors, including regulatory approvals and bondholders writing off debt related to Dish.

    "While we believed a combination of DirecTV and Dish would have benefited all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed exchange terms were necessary to protect DirecTV's balance sheet and our operational flexibility," DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow said in a statement.

    The prospect of a DirecTV-Dish combo has long been rumored, and reported talks resurfaced over the years. And the two almost merged more than two decades ago — but the Federal Communications Commission blocked the deal valued at the time at $18.5 billion deal, citing antitrust concerns.

    The pay-for-TV market has shifted significantly since. As more and more consumers tune into online streaming platforms, demand for more traditional satellite entertainment continues to shrink.

    DirecTV says that it will continue to invest in next-generation streaming platforms and offer new packaging options while integrating content from live TV alongside direct-to-consumer... Read More

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