Meyers honor
Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Barry Meyer and his wife, Wendy Smith Meyer, will be feted in April by the United Friends of the Children at the nonprofit organization's 25th anniversary fund-raising dinner, to be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.
Tribeca contest
The recently created Amazon Theater/Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Competition was announced Thursday morning at Tribeca Cinemas by Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, and Tribeca Film Festival co-founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff.
ACM noms unveiled
Tim McGraw leads nominees for the 40th Academy of Country Music Awards with six noms. Kenny Chesney, Alison Krauss and Gretchen Wilson took five noms apiece; Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban collected four; and Rascal Flatts, Lee Ann Womack and Big & Rich received three.
Fest roadblocks
Former Berlin and Venice festival boss Moritz de Hadeln has faced mounting obstacles introducing the New Montreal FilmFest to a global film industry grappling with the limits of launching films in Montreal.
Biel earns Star
Jessica Biel will be honored as ShoWest's Female Star of Tomorrow at the convention's annual closing-night ceremonies March 17 in Las Vegas, Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of the event, said.
'Face' time
Romantic comedy "Saving Face" will open the 2005 Florida Film Festival, which runs April 8-17 in Orlando.
Daytime Emmy noms
ABC's stalwart soap "All My Children" led the field of nominees for the 32nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards, announced Wednesday morning in New York.
ShoWest award
Hayden Christensen will be honored as Male Star of Tomorrow at ShoWest 2005's closing-night ceremonies March 17 in Las Vegas.
Usher, Keys show Soul
Fresh off their Grammy success, Usher and Alicia Keys dominated the Soul Train Awards, with each winning two individual awards and sharing the prize for best R&B-soul single by a group or duo.
ShoWest honors Mac
Bernie Mac has been chosen to receive the ShoWest 2005 Comedy Star of the Year Award at ShoWest's closing-night ceremonies March 17, it was announced Monday by Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of the convention, which begins March 14 at the Bally's and Paris hotels in Las Vegas.
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McGraw, Krauss among country music award noms
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