The Los Angeles Lgbt Center hosted its 45th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards Saturday night, honoring Marvel; George and Brad Takei; and Zev Yaroslavsky for their Lgbt advocacy. Cort Lane, Marvel's VP of Animation Development, accepted the Corporate Vanguard Award on behalf of Marvel Entertainment, presented by Two And A Half Men’s Holland Taylor. George and Brad Takei were the International Vanguard Award honorees, with Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor, as the Rand Schrader Distinguished Achievement Award honoree. “For Marvel, I think it’s a really wonderful validation. They’ve been trying for decades, in publishing, to tell real stories...
- 11/9/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW.com - PopWatch
Marvel Entertainment, “Star Trek” actor George Takei and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will be honored Nov. 8 at the Los Angeles Lgbt Center's 45th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards. Also read: Streamy Awards Big Winners Include ‘Video Game High School,’ Lgbt Vlogger Tyler Oakley “As we celebrate the 45th anniversary of the world's largest provider of programs and services for Lgbt people, we're excited to honor some very deserving Super Heroes in our movement,” said the center's CEO Lorri L. Jean. Takei played Hikaru Sulu in the original “Star Trek” series as well as in six of the franchise's feature films.
- 9/17/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Whoever wins the November runoff election between Sheila James Kuehl and Bobby Shriver, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will get at least one new board member this year who vows to make the County more film friendly.
At least that’s what we heard from both Kuehl, an actor best known for The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis who later became California’s first openly gay elected state official as an Assembly member and state senator, and Shriver, a Kennedy clan scion who helped launch Product (Red) before becoming a Santa Monica city councilman.
Related: Outgunned & Outspent, California Film Commish Is Losing Business To Predatory States, Cities
Both were responding to a recent Deadline investigation that found filming in the County is much more difficult and expensive than in the city of Los Angeles. The 4,752-sq.-mile county has 10 million residents, 87 other cities besides Los Angeles and vast...
At least that’s what we heard from both Kuehl, an actor best known for The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis who later became California’s first openly gay elected state official as an Assembly member and state senator, and Shriver, a Kennedy clan scion who helped launch Product (Red) before becoming a Santa Monica city councilman.
Related: Outgunned & Outspent, California Film Commish Is Losing Business To Predatory States, Cities
Both were responding to a recent Deadline investigation that found filming in the County is much more difficult and expensive than in the city of Los Angeles. The 4,752-sq.-mile county has 10 million residents, 87 other cities besides Los Angeles and vast...
- 8/11/2014
- by David Robb, Special To Deadline
- Deadline
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