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The Location Managers Guild International is out with the nominations for its ninth annual LMGI Awards which honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, TV and commercials worldwide. The awards also recognize outstanding service by film commissions for their support “above and beyond” during the production process. Winners will be honored at the in-person ceremony on Saturday, August 27. Here are the nominees for the 2022 LMGI Awards: Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Television Series Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series Outstanding Locations in a TV Serial Program, Anthology, or Limited Series Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film Outstanding Locations in a Period Film Outstanding Locations in a Single Commercial Outstanding Film Commission … [Read more...] about LMGI Awards: Location Managers Guild Reveals 2022 Nominations

NBC has unveiled plans for its 46th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular special. NBC News’ Today anchors Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer will return for the second time to co-host the two-hour event which airs Monday, July 4 from 8-10 PM on NBC and will stream on Peacock. An encore presentation will follow from 10-11 PM ET/PT on NBC. The special will feature musical guests 5 Seconds of Summer, Brett Eldredge, Carly Pearce, and Pitbull with Filmore. Freestyle Love Supreme ‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Monroe Iglehart, Kaila Mullady, Dizzy Senze and Anthony Veneziale will appear for a special performance. Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical cast members Jacqueline B. Arnold, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Tasia Jungbauer and Jeigh Madjus will also perform, and celebrity chef and barbecue expert Chef David Rose will appear. This year’s broadcast, as in years’ past, will include inspirational stories from everyday heroes and celebrity guests about about what it means … [Read more...] about NBC Sets Annual ‘Macy’s 4th Of July’ Fireworks Special With 5 Seconds Of Summer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, More

EXCLUSIVE: Queer advocacy group Out in Hollywood released its second annual list of the best unproduced queer-focused television pilot scripts of the past year. The 2022 Out Loud List was selected from among hundreds of nominations submitted from across the industry and evaluated based on criteria including the strength of the writer’s voice, viability of the project to be sold in today’s marketplace, and conceptual freshness. A group of readers (including proudly out network/studio execs and producers) helped narrow down the list, which was then curated by Out in Hollywood’s board of directors. “As challenges continue to present themselves against fundamental rights in our country and abroad, it’s more important than ever to continue championing marginalized voices,” says Logan Kriete, founder of the organization. “Lack of representation and advancement of our basic humanity becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when we don’t tell these stories, and it’s for these … [Read more...] about Out In Hollywood Releases 2022 Out Loud List Of Best Unproduced Pilot Scripts By Queer Writers

EXCLUSIVE: Alessandro Nivola is set to co-star alongside André  Holland in Apple TV+’s The Big Cigar , a six-episode limited series that will chronicle the story of Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba. The series will be showrun and executive produced by NAACP Image Award winner Janine Sherman Barrois, with Holland starring as Newton and Don Cheadle on board to direct and executive produce the first two episodes. The growing ensemble cast also includes Tiffany Boone. 2022 Apple TV+ Pilots & Series Orders With the first episode written and executive produced by Jim Hecht and based on the eponymous Playboy article from Joshuah Bearman, The Big Cigar tells the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Newton relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider (Nivola), the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider , to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued into exile by the FBI. The series hails from … [Read more...] about Alessandro Nivola To Co-Star With André Holland in The Apple Original Limited Series ‘The Big Cigar’

Grammy winner and Tony nominee Josh Gad has signed with CAA . The actor is best known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, for which he won a Grammy; his Tony Award-nominated role as Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon ; and his performance as LeFou in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. His other well-known credits include Murder on the Orient Express, The Wedding Ringer and Marshall. In television, Gad played a fictionalized version of himself on FX’s The Comedians , opposite Billy Crystal, and was a series regular on NBC’s 1600 Penn, which he co-created. He currently stars in Armando Iannucci’s HBO series Avenue 5 and the Apple TV+ animated series Central Park , which he co-created with Loren Bouchard. Gad also stars in the Peacock series Wolf Like Me , opposite Isla Fisher, which has been renewed for a second season that begins production in July. During the pandemic, when … [Read more...] about Josh Gad Signs With CAA