Recording artists united as one to perform at Hand in Hand Benefit Concert to help the flood victims of the Philippines

By Esteban “Steven” Escobar, Diversity News Staff

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On Monday, October 19, 2009 A&G Records in association with Philippine Aid Society held Hand in Hand Benefit Concert – Typhoon Emergency to help the flood victims of the Philippines.
The recording artists the performed were Earl, Jezda, Kris Searle, Jael Gadsden, Fawn, Asha Puthli, Stuart Guest, Rob C and Arnold G.

“Arnold, thank you so much for all the work that went into organizing this. I also appreciate all the artists who pitched in and volunteered their talent. Wish I could have been there.” Said Tim Troutman, Executive Director of the Philippine Aid Society.
Per A&G Entertainment Productions they raised $508 and few bags of clothing and food. $500 can feed a village of people in the Philippines.

The event was from 9pm to 11pm and held at RAGE RESTAURANT & NIGHT CLUB, a popular dance club in the city of West Hollywood, CA.

“Hand In Hand Benefit Concert was a splendid evening of FANTASTIC entertainment. Clearly you poured your heart & soul into having everything turn out so well. You really got you...job done.... And, made a BIG difference for those suffering in the Philippines.” Said Tom Emberson.



First the artists took some photos on the red carpet. The show started with a montage video, produced by Brian LeBow, “Carry On”, song was on the background of the video which is written and sung by Arnold G. The Silk Sisters (Aeriel) were first to open the show, then Stuart Guest, Kris Searle, Jael Gadsden, Lotonius Earl, Jezda, Royalty hip hop dancers, Fawn, Rob C, Asha Puthli, Brake-Dancers and then Darion Movasseghi, drummer ended the show. The event was hosted by Elaine Lockley-smith.

“Hand in Hand Benefit Concert - Typhoon Emergency.” was sponsored by A&G Records, RAGE, Parris Harris and Diversity News.

About Phillipine Aid Society:

Philippine Aid Society is a non profit organization which is organized to provide a variety of charitable services in the Philippines. They are a small organization and their management staff consists entirely of volunteers.For more information you can visit there website at http://www.philippineaid.org/

Photos are courtesy of A&G Records, Parris Harris and Diversity News. © 2009 By Diversity News Publications (www.diversitynewspublications.com). All Rights Are Reserved.

CARLA LAEMMLE Celebrates her Centennial & Honor Gala

Story By Esteban “Steven” Escobar, Diversity News Staff

Photos By Alex Palomares, Diversity News Photographer

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CARLA LAEMMLE celebrates her 100th Birthday & honor gala with friends, peers and family members. Carla was honored and recognized of her work on October 20, 2009 at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA.

More then 500 people attended the event. Carla received honors and birthday wishes from very reputable politicians, friends and celebrities. Some of the wishes came from former first ladies and President Bush. CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Los Angeles mayor; Antonio Villaraigosa including others acknowledge her with great honor and recognition for the contribution to our society. Carla was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution.


“It was an honor to host a party for Carla Laemmle. She's one of the last living silent film stars, and that's amazing. But what's more, her family sacrificed so much to save Jewish refugees during World War II. She's led an extraordinary life. And she knows how to party, even at 100.” Said Carla's friend & event host Tom Tangen.

He continue “Carla was moved during the video presentation. The video featured clips of her various films including"Dracula" with Bela Lugosi and"The Phantom of the Opera" with Lon Chaney. The crowd cheered, the mayor and governor sent commendations for her. She was thrilled.”

At the end Carla thank every one who were present and who send her wishes. Then later she walked to the reception area with Tom Tangem.

“There were 500 in attendance, which is a compliment for any star. But especially for a woman who has lived 100 years in Hollywood, and has as broad and diverse a resume as any diva in Tinsel town.” Mr. Tangen concluded.

The event was hosted at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA and sponsored by Famous Monsters Of Filmland, Universal Studios & American Cimematheque At The Egyptian.

Per Elusive Entertainment CARLA LAEMMLE was “One of the oldest living silent film stars, and the first ever to speak in a talking horror picture, Dracula (1931), Carla Laemmle returns to her original Phantom of the Opera stage at Universal Studios-- the studio that her uncle Carl Laemmle founded. Carla spent her childhood on the Universal lot and was the prima ballerina in the 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney.”

She was recently celebrated with a lifetime achievement award at the Southern California Motion Picture Council. Carla is a follower of Buddhist philosophies, and a survivor of the McCarthy Black List era. Carla Laemmle sheds light on Hollywood, then and now.

For more information about CARLA LAEMMLE you can visit: http://www.amongtheruggedpeaks.com/

EDITOR NOTE: Esteban “Steven” Escobar of Diversity News wants to officially thanks again Tom Tangen for the VIP invitation. It was an unforgettable event. Also thanks to Kristen Snyder, Managing Editor of Famous Monster of Filmland for the help and recognition to me and Diversity News. Last but not least to CARLA LAEMMLE “HAPPY BIRTHDAY.” When I went to thank Tom for the VIP invitation, I wished her Happy Birthday and she was so sweet. Sources: Tom Tangen, Elusive Entertainment Productions and special thanks to The Famous Monsters of Filmland (video footage), Robert Aragon (video footage) , The American Cinemateque ,The Egyptian Theatre, Mike Donaghue ,Inge Jaklin, Bela Lugosi Jr., Universal Studios and The Southern California Motion Picture Council.

30 thousand walkers including celebrities and politicians take part of the 25th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2009

Above photo by Alex Palomares, Diversity News Photographer
On Sunday, October 18, 2009 more then 30 thousand walkers including celebrities and politicians took part of the 25th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles. The walk started from 10 am to 2pm in West Hollywood, CA at the West Hollywood Park: The route start was from San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and ended at Melrose Avenue & San Vicente Boulevard.

“I feel like experience that I had with AIDS WALK LA 2009 has definitely made a major impact on my life. First and for most, I want thank both Esteban “Steven” Escobar and Diversity News for encouraging me to become a part of this momentous and historical event. The energy of the crowd was electric. There were so many "Diverse" people taking part in this event including families with small children. Everyone was very positive and ready to become a joined voice in getting the word out about AIDS/HIV awareness. I also commend the support of the crew that works for the organization. They made sure that all of us participants were well hydrated and properly nourished throughout the event. They even cheered us on and made us feel special for participating. There were also DJ's and live musical performances that help to keep our energy up to endure the walk.” Said Tish “ThaDish” Roberts, actress, model, host and choreographer and Diversity News #3960 Team Leader for AIDS WALK L.A. 2009.
Rain or Shine the streets of West Hollywood were full of caring and passionate people the walked with their friends, co-workers, their kids, couples and even dogs. The walk is 10K (6.2 mile) and walkers received a Certificate of Completion at the end of the walk. The Total 2009 Funds Raised: $3,146,206.00.

Ms. Roberts continued “I loved the experience of the event. In my personal opinion, it was all about being selfless of your time, energy and having compassion for human life. I am a total advocate for the advancement of not only social change, but of us as a people fighting to regain a better quality of life by staying healthy. This requires us not only becoming educated regarding serious or life threatening diseases, but to remain vocal in demanding that cures are still a priority for the proper channels to facilitate.”


Some of the celebrities and notable figures at AIDS Walk LA event included “Desperate Housewives’”
Felicity Huffman, Kathryn Joosten, Charlie Carver, and Maiara Walsh; “Weeds’” Mary-Louise Parker;
“Battlestar Gallactica’s” Trica Helfer and Katee Sackhoff; “General Hospital’s” Julie Marie Berman,
Sonya Eddy, Fiola Hughes, Kent King, Kimberly McCullough, Minae Noji, and Jason Thompson;
“Girls Next Door’s” Crystal Harris, Kristina and Karissa Shannon; Aaron Carter (“Dancing with the Stars”); Candis Cayne (“Dirty Sexy Money”); Wilson Cruz (“He’s Just Not That Into You”); Maria Da Silva
(“CNN Hero” Award Recipient); Lashinda Demus (Olympian Hurdler and 2009 USA Outdoor
Champion); La Toya Jackson; Ricki Lake (“Charm School with Ricki Lake”); Pauley Perrette
(“NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigation Service”); Ashley Roberts (“Pussycat Dolls”); Daniela Ruah
(“NCIS: Los Angeles”); Darryl Stephens (“Noah’s Arc”); Boo Boo Stewart (“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”).
Also, Zelda Rubinstein (“Poltergeist”) and George Takei (“Star Trek”), who both attended the first
AIDS Walk, were present at the milestone event.

“ I definitely plan on walking next year and every year after that. I am a "Lifer". This is such a worthy cause and this non profit deserves all of the support it can get. I will remain a supporter and do my best to continue to get more people involved in the AIDS walk.” Ms. Roberts concluded.

Since AIDS Walk Los Angeles was establish, they has raised more than $66 million for APLA and other Los Angeles County HIV/AIDS service organizations.

The speakers were Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks co-founder, APLA board member, and AWLA sponsor, who spoke on behalf of APLA. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and West Hollywood Mayor Abbe Land spoke about the current HIV/AIDS crisis in Los Angeles and about the importance of the community’s response. Including, Jeffrey Crowley, President Obama’s Director of the office of National AIDS Policy, spoke about the national AIDS strategy.

Diversity News#3960 Team of Diversity News Publications was once again part of this year AIDS Walk LA event. They recruited 32 team members and raised $445.00.

AIDS Project Los Angeles:
AIDS Project Los Angeles, one of the largest non‐profit AIDS service organizations in the United States, provides bilingual direct services, prevention education and leadership on HIV/AIDS‐related policy and legislation. With more than 25 years of service, APLA is a community‐based, volunteer‐supported organization with local, national and global reach. For more information, visit apla.org.

AIDS Walk Los Angeles:
The world’s first such event, AIDS Walk Los Angeles was created in 1985 and has raised more than $66 million for HIV programs and services throughout Los Angeles County. The event launched the nationwide AIDS Walk movement and has grown into one of the largest AIDS fundraising events in the country.
Over 25 years, more than a half million participants, many of whom were members of corporate and community teams, have raised crucial funds for AIDS Project Los Angeles and over a dozen other AIDS service organizations. For more information, visit www.aidswalk.net.

About MZA Events:
MZA Events was founded in 1984 by Craig R. Miller and his organization
of activists. Miller is the originator of the AIDS Walk fundraising model and has produced
hundreds of fundraising events – large and small – generating more than $350 million for major
AIDS organizations throughout the country and the communities they serve. For more
information, please visit www.mzaevents.com.

About DIVERSITY NEWS#3960
Diversity News #3960 Team has been participating since 2003 to the present with AIDS WALK LOS ANGELES to raise money for a great cause that helps others and to give back to the community where they live and do business.

About DIVERSITY NEWS PUBLICATIONS
Is a public relations firm specialized in Advertising, Design, Marketing, Printing & Public Relations services who combines all sources in one. Diversity News Publications publishes Diversity News Hollywood, Diversity News Online, Diversity News Los Angeles and Diversity News, a consumer news magazine.
For more information you visit web site at http://www.diversitynewspublications.com/ or follow on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/eediversitynews

First slide show photos by Esteban “Steven” Escobar, Diversity News Staff. Second slide show photos by Alex Palomares, Diversity News Photographer. Photos can be use with permission from the publisher.
© 2009 by Diversity News Publications (www.diversitynewspublications.com). All Rights Are Reserved.

“Hand in Hand Benefit Concert - Typhoon Emergency" To Help With AID For The Philippines

Hollywood, CA --- October 14, 2009 A&G Records in association with Philippine Aid Society announced Multi-talented recording artists Lotonius Earl, Jezda, Kris Searle, Jael Gadsden, Fawn, Asha Puthli, Stuart Guest, Rob C and Arnold G to perform live at "Hand in Hand Benefit Concert - Typhoon Emergency."

"To be honest, I can't take credit for the idea. This was Arnold G's initiative. When he approached me about doing the concert, I was all for it because I could tell he had a heart to help the Philippines" Said Tim Troutman, Executive Director of the Philippine Aid Society.

The event will be held on Monday, October 19, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm at Rage Restaurant & Bar 8911 Santa Monica Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069. Telephone: (310) 652-7055.
He continue "I hope it will raise awareness for the Philippines and the serious need they have there. I also hope to raise some money because every dollar raised translates directly into emergency items for the victims."
Event will be hosted by Rana Davis, popular long time hostess and emcee in Southern California.
This is a benefit concert to help raise awareness and needed funds to help the victims of the devastating floods the occurred on September 26, 2009. The Manila metro area was pummeled by Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) which resulted in the worst flooding the Philippines has seen in over 40 years. Some are calling the storm the "Katrina of the Philippines." Nearly 699 people have lost their lives and countless thousands have lost everything they own. To be sure, millions of Filipinos, living in one of the poorest countries in the world, were deeply affected by this tragedy in the Phillipines. All proceeds will go to the Philippine Aid Society a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The goal is to raise $100,000. That will go a long way to restoring family housing, getting medicine, food and clothing to those in direct need in the Philippines.

"Tens of Thousands of people in Manila and surrounding areas have lost everything they own. We can't give it all back to them, but this money raised will go to help them survive and recover from this tragedy." Concluded Troutman.

Also donations of clothing and can foods will be accepted on location, as well at: Manila Forwarder: 4323 Eagle Rock Blvd, Unit 313, Los Angeles, CA 90041 Telephone: (323) 478-1599. Cash donations are being encouraged and will be managed directly by Tim Troutman, Executive Director of the Philippine Aid Society, with offices in the United States (North Carolina) and in the Philippines (Kamuning, Quezon City).

Red carpet is schedule to start at 8:30pm. The show will start from 9pm to 11pm.
Event is free, but $10 donation is recommended for the cause.
"Hand in Hand Benefit Concert - Typhoon Emergency." is sponsored by A&G Records, RAGE, ParrisHarris and Diversity News.

Courtesy video from Brian LeBow of LeBow Media shows images on the devastating floods. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvliwFfCig8 Event flyer is posted at http://www.philippineaid.org/2009/10/arnold-g-hollywood-fundraiser/ and http://diversitynewspublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Philippine-Aid-Society-Flyer-October-19-2009-RAGE-in-WEHO-copy-JPEG.jpg

About Phillipine Aid Society:
Philippine Aid Society is a non profit organization which is organized to provide a variety of charitable services in the Philippines. They are a small organization and their management staff consists entirely of volunteers.
For more information you can visit there website at http://www.philippineaid.org/

About Diversity News Publications:

Is a public relations firm specialized in Advertising, Design, Marketing, Printing & Public Relations services who combines all sources in one. Diversity News Publications publishes Diversity News Hollywood, Diversity News Online, Diversity News Los Angeles and Diversity News, a consumer news magazine.
For more information you visit web site at http://www.diversitynewspublications.com/ or follow on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/eediversitynews

Sources: A&G Records, LeBow Media, Phillipine Aid Society, Diversity News Publications, YouTube, Facebook.

DIVERSITY NEWS WELCOMES TWO NEW FACES ALEX PALOMARES AND LINDA KRONGOLD TO THE TEAM

Hollywood, CA --- October 13, 2009 Diversity News Publications officially announced that Alex Palomares has joined as Exclusive Special Events Photographer and Linda Krongold as New York Correspondent of Diversity News Publications.

“I am very happy to welcome Alex Palomares & Linda Krongold to the Diversity News Family Of Companies.” Said Esteban “Steven” Escobar, Executive Editor-In-Chief of Diversity News, published by Diversity News Publications. He concluded. “I hope that you will treat, cooperate with, and respect them the same or even better than me to perform their duties and trust them with their media coverage.”
Alex will be taking photographs for the following blogs Diversity News Hollywood, Diversity News Online and Diversity News Los Angeles and some videos for our Diversity News Channel on YouTube. He will also be the photographer for the main site Diversity News, a consumer news magazine published by Diversity News Publications.

“I want the opportunity to gain experience, and to grow within a credited established company like Diversity News. Also, be part of something I believe in.” Said Alex Palomares, Exclusive Special Events Photographer of Diversity News.

Alex Palomares became part of Diversity News Publications effective October 10, 2009. He resides in Lancaster, CA and works during the day in the Hotel and Resorts industry. He come to Diversity News with very high recommendations from well known leaders in the media and political industry.

He concluded: “I want to utilize my skills in a positive way, on top of learning new skills to take with me in the future.”
Alex Palomores' first special assignment is to walk with the Diversity News#3960 team for AIDS WALK LA 2009 and at the same time cover the event for possible feature on Diversity News Publications sites.
“I enjoy meeting and learning about diverse kinds of people. I also love reading and writing. As a high school teacher, I have decent English skills, and feel I can help as a proofreader. Diversity News Publications is fun, upbeat, and current, and I would love to be a part of that”. said Linda Krongold, NY. Correspondent for Diversity News.

Linda Satloff Krongold became part of Diversity News Publications team effective October 9, 2009.
Linda Krongold resides in NYC. She is a teacher for the NYC Board of Education during the day, and during her free time she will be writing, proof reading, reporting and contributing as a correspondent for Diversity News Publications.
“I would love to help the Publication in any way I can. I also love meeting new people and making new friends, both of which I think will happen as part of working here!” She concluded.

Linda first official assignment with Diversity News Publications was to proof read DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor CD Review which it was published on Diversity News, a consumer news magazine and Diversity News Hollywood, published by Diversity News Publications. She has also covered and written about American Idol Season 8 runner up Adam Lambert.

About Diversity News Publications:
Is a public relations firm specialize in Advertising, Design, Marketing, Printing & Public Relations who combines all sources in one .
Diversity News Publications parent company is E.E. and Diversity News Publications Enterprises who owns Diversity News Productions, Diversity News Printing Services, Diversity News Publishing, Diversity News #3960, Diversity News Magazine & Revista Diversidad.

For more information visit web site at http://www.diversitynewspublications.com

EXCLUSIVE: “DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor”

ALBUM MUSIC REVIEW:“DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor”

By Esteban “Steven” Escobar, Diversity News
By Linda Satloff Krongold, Proof Reader Special For Diversity News

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After listening over and over again for almost three weeks, I finally can write a music album review for “DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor” by Arnold G.

Arnold Garcia is his real full name, but as an international dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, dancer and performer, he is well known as “ARNOLD G.”
DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor is Arnold G’s 12 tracks complete album. It was released in 2006 by A&G Records, and manufactured and distributed by IRIS Distribution.
DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor is a Trance, Dance, House, Electronica, Ghetto and Pop album.
The album CD focuses on giving the listener a message that means something. The listener can perhaps relate to it, and try to drive himself to the next level.
Some of the songs got my attention because of the meaning of the lyrics.

Arnold G Demo Reel

On the GRind MySpace Videos

For example, “LAND OF ECSTASY,” at the beginning sounds mysterious and tense, but I got the message that you do not need to take Ecstasy to listen to music.

“GIVE IT TO ME BABY,” is clearly a dance fun song to enjoy when you and your partner are in a good relationship. Another song that provides a message is “ANGEL EYES.” It sounds good and has great rhythm, but it is a sad lonely song that tries to tell and give you a message that Meth (drug) is not the solution to life’s problems.

Clearly, “OCEAN DREAMS” sounds like you have lost somebody that you used to love. For those of you who want to show your ex-partner that you do not love him/her any more, “I’M NOT IN LOVE,” is the perfect song to play or dedicate. It is beautiful and romantic, with great vocals, sounds and an excellent mix.

“FEEL THE BEAT,” “I WANT TO DANCE,” “TRIBAL OF THE WORLD,” “CAN YOU FEEL IT,” and “DANCE TO THE BEAT,” are different house styles. By listening and dancing with these songs you can feel hot and the electric with energy. When you hear the mix of special sounds, and the drums effect, the lyric’s meaning and rhythm will make you dance all over the dance floor. Another song that gives the listener a great message is “OUR RAINBOW.” The meaning and sounds with the excellent background singer Janel Wagner is an amazing duet it brings love and DIVERSITY.

Finally, last but not least, “CARRY ON,” is a pop song written by Arnold G and the music composed by Claudio Collino. The message is for depth and passion. We’ve lost many to terminal illness and seemingly insurable diseases. The song’s sound is clear. Remembrance, awareness, courage and hope are part of the cure. Once again, this has great vocals with a great message.

Arnold G’s new singles sneak previews of two songs from his 2008 single CD promos are “I’M FREE,” and “YOU GOT ME HOT.”

“I’M FREE,” is a ballad song with a very clear message. It talks about how to help deal with life circumstances and free you for being a victim in general. “YOU GOT ME HOT,” featuring Jezda, is a pop single with four different styles such hip-hop, dance, funky, groovy and house mixes.

It doesn’t matter what kind of music you listen to. What it is important always is the message in it. I wonder if all special sounds can be heard live in a concert because I would love to live that amazing, unforgettable experience. The songs are written and performed by Arnold G. Arnold G is a member of ASCAP.

Arnold G hit the right target with his album title “DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor,” because it makes me, and will make you, want to sing and dance. I love the special effects, the different songs, the rhythm and most importantly the unique amazing message in each song which makes it a diverse album. I would highly recommend buying his CD because we can learn a lot from his message. His lyrics are so poignant mixed with high-energy music along with his soulful voice; it gives so much meaning to the song. His dance and performance abilities, will take you to the next level of appreciation. I highly recommend buying his concert’s ticket and have an unforgettable lifetime experience.

I can feel and see his passion for his music and how he entertains his audiences; he puts so much emotions and feelings to everything he touches. Arnold G's vocals have so much soulful and smooth rhythm. The only problem is that some of the songs are too long. According to Arnold G, it was purposely done for DJ friendly. DJ needs time to mix one song to another. It explains why the majority of hit songs are from 5 to 7 minutes long. This is why some of the songs are extended. In my opinion, the CD should be formatted to radio ready instead of DJ friendly. It should be kept at a minimum of 4 minutes, but no more than 5 minutes. I have to agree with other music reviewers that a couple of the songs style sounds were alike. I think the robotic voice doesn’t express his natural actual voice. Which I rather hear more of his natural voice. I feel Arnold G voice got melted along with other instrumentals. But, I still love his music and lyrics and I recommend to all of you to buy his music because you will love it. And as the title says DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor.

Recently Arnold G’s song “I Want To Dance” was considered for BEST DANCE RECORDING on the 52nd Annual Grammy Ballot. In 2009, Arnold G has been placed on the Official Ballot for the 51st Grammy Awards with 6 entries; Song Of The Year", Best New Artist, Best Male, Pop Vocal Performance, Best Dance Recording - I'm Not In Love" and "Ocean Dreams", Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Arnold G featuring Jezda - "You Got Me Hot", and Composing/Arranging Claudio Collino & DJ Paul E, arranger (Arnold G) for I'm Not In Love. In prior years, Arnold G was placed on the Official Ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards with 2 entries in the following categories "Record Of The Year" and "Album Of The Year"!

For more information about Arnold G tours, events, videos, public appearances and new releases please visit http://www.arnoldg.com/, http://www.myspace.com/arnoldg, http://www.reverbnation.com/arnoldg, http://www.youtube.com/arnoldg, and http://www.agrecordsmusic.com/

You can purchase his music at iTunes, Amazon, Napster, MSN, AMIES ST, Dance Record (DR), Hot-MP3, Yahoo, XYZ MP3, Rhapsody and other major digital retailers. You can also purchase his CD exclusibly at CDbaby.com.

Arnold G also has a fan page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/arnoldgmusic and follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ArnoldG_Music
To buy Arnold G’s music you can check CD Baby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/arnoldg. It is at available on all major digital retailers such as: iTunes, Amazon, MSN, Yahoo Music, Napster, Rhapsody, AMIE, XYZ MP3, Dance Records, Hot-MP3

ABOUT ARNOLD G:
As for Arnold G, his music consists of Dance, House, Hip Hop and even Ballads. He has performed for audiences ranging from 1000 - 30,000 people in Eastern Europe, Canada and throughout different parts of the USA. He knows how to work large audiences and is a professional that can be trusted to deliver amazing shows to his audiences.
On top of the excellent quality of our shows, we have an extensive mailing list a large fan base of about 10,000 personal contacts, as well as our fans from Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, ReverbNation, OurStage and SoundClick.

Arnold G, the Grammy Ballot Recording Artist, was born and raised primarily in Camarillo, California. This is where dancing and singing got its’ foothold into Arnold G’s heart. Since his father was a Dancer and his Mother was a Singer, he learned that music could take him anywhere he wanted to go, especially when he became homeless at thirteen. At this young age, Arnold G decided he would not let his circumstances determine his fate, so he continued to go to school, while delivering papers and fixing electronics, just to have enough money for food and clothing.
While in high school, no one knew of Arnold G’s situation, because he continued as if nothing was wrong, by joining sports and the choir. As Arnold G became more involved with choir, he would sing and dance at the school performances "The Entertainers", earning him the title, “Dr. Dance!” Even though, Arnold G loved the attention from his friends, what made him the happiest, was that his mom would miss other obligations, just to come and see him perform.

After high school, Arnold G modeled for a while and became a professional dancer for major icons in the Music Industry. But even that didn’t seem to quench Arnold G’s thirst for life and music. He then began singing, after his mother passed away. Arnold G started taking voice lessons and singing at Karaoke bars to build up his confidence. All of a sudden, he started to win contests and sometimes, the audience members would pay the KJ or him to sing special songs. This created a Musical Master.
Once Arnold G saw that music was his destiny, he created his first CD, “Driven: Straight to the Dance Floor” and began performing with professional dancers. Arnold G became The First Male Madonna, owning the stage and his audiences, as he toured all over Eastern Europe, Canada, and the US, including shows at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. His futuristic nature; his sense for entertainment; and his exotic looks are taking him places that he has never been before.
Now, looking to tour Japan and to lead the revolution of bridging Japanese Entertainment with America, Arnold G also wants to leave a musical legacy in the US. Arnold G has started AG Entertainment Productions (AGEP) to create all the projects that are floating around in his head. Arnold G’s shows will hit Hollywood and Las Vegas and hopefully in the future, replace the Blue Man Group with his Trance Warrior and Ocean Dreams shows.

Arnold G is so passionate about making a difference through music and creating an awareness, that he has become an Activist, that not only helps other Artists, but "Hearts and Minds" on this website explains how he helps people who struggle with health issues; mental, physical or emotional. That’s why he wrote songs, such as “Carry On,” for people with AIDS and cancer. He also wrote “I’m Free,” to help people let go of the past, so they can move forward without the baggage from their prior life challenges. “Angel Eyes,” is another song that he wrote, as he saw how Meth and other drugs took over people’s lives.

But Arnold G’s giving doesn’t even stop there; he also has a soft spot in his heart for children, as he knows that change starts with them. That is how the show “Madam” became the talk of the evening at The International Family Film Festival Awards Ceremony. Arnold G put together this dramatic performance for a non-profit organization called Freshi-films and Freshi-flix, and was a key factor in raising awareness and money for the after school program, which teaches children how to shoot film.
With all that said, you know Arnold G is embarking on new territories of creating music and contributing to society in some big fashion. Keep your eyes posted on this one. Arnold G is worthy of your time and attention.

Sources: www.arnoldg.com, billboard.com, msn.com, facebook.com, Amy Breunig and myspace.com

Editor Note: Arnold G biography is courtesy of Amy Breunig of Breunig Publishing, 2009. Photos and videos are courtesy of Arnold G & A&G Records. EXCLUSIVE: “DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor” music album review is written by Esteban “Steven” Escobar and proof read by Linda Satloff Krongold of Diversity News, a consumer news magazine published by Diversity News Publications. Linda Satloff Krongold resides in Brooklyn, NY. She is a Speech teacher for NYC Board of Education during the day and during free time she will be writing, proof reading, reporting and contributing as exclusive special correspondent for Diversity News Publications. If you would like to comment or contact Linda please feel free at her email:andmeljar@aol.com © 2009 By Diversity News. All Rights Are Reserved.

CARLA LAEMMLE CELEBRATES HER 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Los Angeles, CA – On October 6, 2009 Famous Monsters of Filmland announced the American actress, Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, will be celebrating her 100th birthday with her family and friends at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. The Cinematheque at the Egyptian is located at 6712 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028. She will be presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards by Tom Tangen, Inge Jaklin and Dr. Udo Bayer.

Special invited guests include Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marvin Paige, Ray Bradbury, Leonard Maltin, Rick Baker, George Clayton Johnson, Sara Karloff, Bela Lugosi Jr., Leonard Neubauer, Scott MacQueen, Gloria Stuart, Earl Hamner, Lupita Tovar, Bob Burns, Ron Chaney, David Skall, and others.

Carla Laemmle’s birthday is a celebration of over eight decades in cinema. The actress has lived a most extraordinary life, growing up on her uncle’s Universal lot and witnessing the early years of Hollywood’s growth. At just 16 she was the prima ballerina who danced in the Lon Chaney classic The Phantom of the Opera (1925). She also spoke the first lines in Universal’s first “talkie movie” Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, the classic horror film that established the beginning of Universal Pictures’ success and legacy in popular horror films. Carla Laemmle is now the last surviving cast member of both films.

Laemmle continued to star in small roles until the late 1930s and recently became the subject of two biographies titled after her immortal opening lines. The first is a written biography by Rick Atkins called Among the Rugged Peaks: An Intimate Biography of Carla Laemmle. The second is a film biography, Among The Rugged Peaks, by actor, producer, and director, and interviewer, Tom Tangen, a red carpet favorite who has cataloged over 2,000 celebrity interviews. The film, edited by Emmy-winning Mary DeChambres, will debut in 2010 from Elusive Entertainment [AmongTheRuggedPeaks.com].

In May 2009, Carla Laemmle also co-authored a book with Daniel Kinske, Growing Up With Monsters: My Times at Universal Studios in Rhymes, detailing her experiences growing up on a motion picture studio lot. The instant hit offered an introduction by sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury and illustrations by Jack Davis and Hermann Mejia. Sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland and Universal Studios, the VIP private, invitation- only event will begin at 4:30pm with a dinner followed by special events. After-dinner celebrations include Carla Laemmle’s Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony, a ballet performance organized by Famous Monsters of Filmland’s Robert Aragon, musical performances, a speech from the birthday girl, and concluding with a coffee and birthday cake social hour featuring live piano.

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Screen Actors Guild Declares October “Diversity Awareness Month”

Los Angeles — Screen Actors Guild announced on September 29, 2009 that it has declared October “Diversity Awareness Month.” For decades, SAG has been a leader in advocating diverse hiring of underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, women, seniors, LGBT actors and performers with disabilities in the entertainment industry.

While the Guild works year round to advance issues of employment diversity, it is shining a spotlight during October on the efforts of its Affirmative Action & Diversity Department, as well as the union’s various diversity committees comprised of SAG members.

“Screen Actors Guild historically and consistently has strived for fairness and diversity both within our Guild and the industry at large,” said Interim National Executive Director David White.

“We are continuously working to make a difference toward a more representational, multicultural community,” White said. “I encourage all of our friends in the creative community to work toward a more diverse and accurate media landscape and invite them to participate in our diversity events in October and throughout the year.”

“Screen Actors Guild’s membership is made up of diverse actors,” said SAG Ethnic Employment Opportunities National Committee Chair Sumi Haru. “It is the media’s responsibility to be a reflection of its diverse audience and our members deserve a fair opportunity to be employed. While we’ve certainly seen improvements in this area over the years, SAG continues in its quest to fully make the media reflective of the American scene.”

In October, SAG will release various diversity-based reports and videos via SAG.org, including the highly anticipated Casting Data Report. This analysis of hiring statistics based on ethnicity/race, age and gender is an instrumental tool used by the entertainment industry.

“Diversity issues in the workplace, such as equal employment and representation as well as prevention of harassment and discrimination, impact all employees on a daily basis,” said National Director/Senior EEO Counsel of SAG Affirmative Action & Diversity Rebecca Yee.

The month features a dozen events either sponsored by SAG or where SAG members are participating in an effort to make visible those who are invisible in media. A full list of events is available online here. SAG kicked off its celebration on Monday, Sept. 28 with the National President’s Task Force on American Indians Membership Caucus where SAG National President Ken Howard addressed the Guild’s American Indian membership.

Additional highlights of the month include:

Oct. 7 – Out in Hollywood III: The Rise of the LGBT ActorIn celebration of National Coming Out Day, SAG National LGBT Actors Committee and GLAAD present a panel of LGBT actors, director-producers and casting professionals to explore the challenges and opportunities of being out in entertainment. Featuring Mad Men’s Bryan Batt, Oscar-winner Dan Jinks, Emmy-winner Paris Barclay, and more. SAG James Cagney Board Room, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 & 11 – National Equality March in Washington, D.C. SAG National LGBT Actors Committee leads a group of members, staff and allies marching for full federal equality for LGBT people.

Oct. 19 – 18th Annual Access Awards Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will present an Access Award to the tri-union (SAG, AFTRA, AEA) I AM PWD campaign for its “leadership, commitment and outstanding contribution for advancing equality and access for people with disabilities.” Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens, Downtown Los Angeles

Oct. 24 – The Hollywood Disabilities ForumThe tri-union I AM PWD campaign, in partnership with WGAW Writers with Disabilities and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, presents an executive industry conference on accuracy, inclusion and access of people with disabilities in entertainment. UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

About SAG:

Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents over 120,000 actors who work in film and digital motion pictures and television programs, commercials, video games, industrials, Internet and all new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Headquartered in Los Angeles, you can visit SAG online at SAG.org.

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Editor Note: It is an honor and pleasure for Diversity News, a consumer news magazine published by DIVERSITY NEWS PUBLICATIONS to see how other organizations celebrate DIVERSITY.

IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS movie premier and John Schwert interview

By Esteban “Steven” Escobar, Diversity News Staff
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After a successful world premiere last weekend at the 25th Boston Film Festival and winning for Best Screenplay, as well Best Film at the Charlotte Film Festival this past weekend In/Significant Others is a movie the portray relationships.

Esteban “Steven” Escobar of DIVERSITY NEWS is honored to feature John Schwert, writer, director and producer of IN/Significant Others with the coordination of Jenn Allison from Earth Xstasy Entertainment. With his busy schedule John Schwert took some time to answer some of my questions.


DN: What do you hope to accomplish with this movie?
JS: Since the film mostly deals with relationships, husband and wife, boss and subordinate, siblings, friends and/or lovers, I wanted to explore how manipulation influences those relationships and to expose it in such a way that audiences could see two different types of manipulation: direct or overt manipulation as well as unintentional or subconscious manipulation.

JS: In writing the script, I came up with and a handful of realistic characters that I could introduce manipulation to and follow its effect on their relationships: a soldier that returns from Iraq to discover his wife was raped, a brother who struggles to keep up with a successful sibling, a nurse with a drug-addicted sister, and a woman having an affair with a married friend; as well as a set of circumstances that bound all of them together, the homicide investigation.

DN: What is the message?
JS: I also thought it was important to manipulate the audience in how they follow the characters and interpret the story, hence the cameraman and sound boom guy who interview everyone as the story progresses. The way in which we cut between their “video” interview footage and the main “live-action” narrative is a continuation of the manipulation theme. The key was to avoid it from becoming melodramatic or cheesy, but rather to keep it truthful and interesting, and in the form of a dramatic thriller.

DN: The purpose?
JS: I really want audiences to take away from the film the fact that manipulation does in fact exist in all relationships, whether someone is directly lying to someone else or their manipulation is masked in fear, or even in their subconscious and they can’t acknowledge it, it still exists. This is of course in addition to the idea that it is possible to make great narrative films without spending millions of dollars.

DN: Where will be the movie been shown? Premier parties?
JS: Had its world premiere last weekend at the Boston Film Festival and won for Best Screenplay, as well as won Best Film at the Charlotte Film Festival this past weekend.
In/Significant Others also had successful screenings at the Kansas International Film Festival and the Port Townsend Film Festival, and will screen in October at the Black Swamp Film Festival, and then in December at the Bahamas International Film Festival.

DN: If people need more information about the movie, where they can go? websites?
JS: For more information you can visit them on Facebook under IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS to see the trailers and become a fan of the film, as well their official site: www.4wproductions.com.
Please visit us on Facebook to see the trailers and become a fan of the film, as well as our official site: http://www.4wproductions.com



About John Schwert
He is a writer, director and producer.
Growing up in Western New York, John Schwert graduated from St. John Fisher College in 1997 with a business degree in marketing and advertising. Schwert relocated to the Carolinas after college and began working on the popular WB television show Dawson’s Creek. He subsequently entered the corporate world and began working in marketing, branding and advertising at two of the nation’s top five banks. While his days belonged to working within the corporate realm, his nights and weekends were split between freelancing on local independent films and acquiring his Masters degree from Queens University . In 2004, John Schwert then left his corporate job behind to adapt, direct and produce his first feature-length motion picture.

Among Brothers was based on the actual events surrounding the death of Jennifer Morgan, who was murdered in 1994 at Francis Marion College . Filmed in Charlotte over 24 days in September of 2004, the entire movie was financed by a second mortgage on Schwert’s home. Since its premiere at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, the feature film went on to play 17 film festivals, winning awards at the Houston World-fest as well as the Southern exposure Film Festival, and picking up great reviews and a fan-base along the way (www.amongbrothers.com).

In 2006, Among Brothers was released domestically by Vanguard Cinema (85 minutes, English) and internationally by Oasis International, who acquired all of the foreign rights and is selling the film internationally from 2006 through 2011. In May of 2007, Among Brothers and John Schwert were the basis for a two-hour Dateline NBC special titled Scenes From A Murder based on Jennifer Morgan’s still unsolved murder (www.msnbc.com).

John Schwert’s success with Among Brothers led to more work for the filmmaker. In 2005, he was hired by Columbia Pictures to work on Talladega Nights and then by Dreamworks for Eddie Murphy’s comedy Norbit. Schwert spent 2006 and 2007 working under producer Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) on the feature films Super Bad, The Pineapple Express and Step Brothers. In addition to producing over a dozen short films, Schwert has worked on a variety of other projects in recent years, including commercial work for Pytka and MJZ Productions, Disney, Sprint/Nextel and NASCAR, and television work for Sony and ABC.

In keeping with his goal to produce and direct more Carolina feature film projects, Schwert established North Poplar Pictures, LLC in 2008 and announced production of his next feature film, In/Significant Others, a multi-narrative drama that navigates through the different lives of one city’s residents, each of whom is connected to the same local homicide investigation (www.insigothers.com).

The ensemble cast of characters includes an Iraq War vet returned home to an emotionally disturbed wife, a new father living in the shadow of a successful older brother, a sister caught up in a web of addiction, and a cameraman who attempts to exploit the reality behind all of their stories, or at least his version of them. The search for truth becomes a life and death struggle as the subtle manipulation of all relationships is exposed in this dramatic thriller.

The cast for In/Significant Others includes: Burgess Jenkins (Remember The Titans, One Tree Hill), Andrea Powell (Songcatcher, The Limbo Room), Scott Miles (October Sky), Keith Harris (Junebug), Brian Lafontaine, Mark Scarboro, Brett Gentile, and Tiffany Montgomery.

A New York native, Schwert splits his time between Los Angeles and Charlotte, NC, which is home to his company Fourth Ward Productions, and where “In/Significant Others” was shot in 2008. The ensemble cast includes a variety of film and television actors, all with North Carolina roots.

About Jenn Allison:
Currently holds double college degree- BA in elementary education and psychology. Post Grad- acting, writing, and producing.

About Earth Xstasy:
Earth Xstasy Entertainment was created to be a dynamic marketing resource for people who are passionate about achieving their professional goals. For more information you can visit site at http://www.earthxstasyent.com/

Photos and movie trailer are courtesy of John Schwert and Fourth Ward Productions, Inc. © 2009 By Fourth Ward Productions, Inc. All Rights Are Reserved.

Note: Esteban “Steven” Escobar and (http://www.diversitynewspublications.com)Diversity News, a consumer news magazine, published by Diversity News Publications wants to thanks John Schwert for the interview, photos and movie trailer. Also to Jenn Allison for making this interview possible.

BETTY WHITE HONORED WITH 2009 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

46th Annual Accolade to be Presented During the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Simulcast on TNT and TBS on Saturday, January 23, 2010

Los Angeles, California – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced on September 15, beloved comedienne, pioneering television producer, host, author and animal advocate Betty White, will receive the Guild’s most prestigious accolade—the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. White will be presented the Award, given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” at the “16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®”, which premieres live on TNT and TBS Saturday, January 23, 2010, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT.

In making today’s announcement, Screen Actors Guild National President Alan Rosenberg said, “Whether creating some of television’s most indelible characters, plunging into film roles with joyous gusto or perfecting the art of the quip as a television panelist and host, Betty White has entertained audiences with her impeccable comic timing and remarkable wit for more than sixty years. Her lifelong devotion to the welfare of animals, manifest in her work as an author, producer and philanthropist, is further evidence of her tremendous humanity and meaningful contributions in so many important areas. Screen Actors Guild is honored to celebrate Betty White’s extraordinary achievements over the course of an exemplary life.”

On the morning she was asked to accept Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor, White was headed to the set of the Disney feature “You Again,” starring Kristen Bell (as her granddaughter), Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver and Kristin Chenowith. Earlier this summer, White played Ryan Reynold’s scene-stealing Grandma Annie in the chart-topping Sandra Bullock romantic comedy “The Proposal.” She is currently heard in theatres voicing the elderly Yoshie in Oscar-winner Hayao Miyazaki’s animated adventure “Ponyo.”

Betty Marion White was born January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Ill., the only child of Horace, an electrical engineer, and Tess, a housewife. The family moved to California when White was 2. After graduating Beverly Hills High School, White made her professional debut at the Bliss Hayden Little Theatre and landed parts in such popular radio shows as “Blondie,” “The Great Gildersleeve” and “This Is Your FBI.” Her first radio program, “The Betty White Show,” followed. Her big break came in 1949, when she joined Al Jarvis’ five-and-a-half-hour, six-days-a-week live KLAC-TV variety show, “Hollywood on Television.” Starting out as Jarvis’ “Girl Friday,” White inherited the show’s hosting duties for two more years when Jarvis left in 1952.
The same year she formed Bandy Productions with producer Don Fedderson and writer George Tibbles. Spinning off characters from a “Hollywood on Television” sketch, they created the domestic comedy “Life with Elizabeth,” White received her first of six Emmys. Syndication brought the program to national audiences through the mid-’50s. The series made White one of only a few women with creative control before and behind the camera in television’s early years. White went on to produce and host a daily NBC talk/variety skein “The Betty White Show,” garnering a Daytime Emmy nomination. Her second situation comedy, “A Date with the Angels,” premiered in 1957, then evolved into another eponymous comedy/variety showcase.

White’s sly ribald humor made her an audience favorite on the late-night circuit, not only matching wits with Jack Paar (more than 70 appearances) Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson (including many “Mighty Carson Art Players” performances) but also subbing for all three as guest host. Her clever spontaneity also earned her spots on numerous game and talk shows, such as “The Match Game,” “To Tell the Truth,” “I’ve Got A Secret” “Liar’s Club” and especially “Password,” whose host Allen Ludden she married in 1963 after a persistent two-year courtship.

When White and Ludden’s pals, actor Mary Tyler Moore and her producer/husband Grant Tinker, were casting about for a cloyingly sweet “Betty White-type” to guest star on their hit “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” they ultimately decided to go with the real deal. White’s 1973 guest shot as the saccharinely catty, man-hungry “Happy Homemaker” Sue Ann Nivens was White’s entrée into one of television’s most iconic ensembles. The role relaunched White’s acting career and earned her back-to-back supporting actress Emmy and then a fourth Emmy nomination.

After the series’ historic final episode in 1977, MTM created “The Betty White Show,” with White playing the second-rate star of a TV police drama. After its brief run, White guest-starred in the miniseries “The Place to Be” (1979) and such telefilms as “With this Ring,” (1978) “Before and After” (1979) and “The Gossip Columnist,” (1980), before breaking ground as TV’s first female game show host on NBC’s “Just Men.” Drawing on the lascivious persona perfected as Sue Ann Nivens, White earned the first and only Daytime Emmy for Best Game Show Host awarded to a female emcee. A second Daytime Emmy nomination followed in 1984.
1983 also saw White begin a three-year recurring stint on Vicki Lawrence’s “Mama’s Family,” reprising the role of social climber Ellen Harper Jackson she’d created in sketches on “The Carol Burnett Show” in the early ‘70s.

In 1985, at 63, White began what became the most lauded role of her career, the sweetly naïve Minnesotan Rose Nylund on NBC’s Saturday night hit “The Golden Girls.” White, along with co-stars Beatrice Arthur, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan, proved that great comedy transcended age, as did the series’ stellar ratings and countless honors including, for White, a first-year lead actress Emmy, six subsequent nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. She was to reprise the role of Rose on three other series: “Empty Nest” (1989, 1992), “Nurses” (1991) and “The Golden Palace” (1992–93).

In 1991 White starred opposite Leslie Nielsen in the romantic NBC telefilm “Chance of a Lifetime” and subsequently shone in a variety of series, including with Bob Newhart in “Bob” (1993) and as Marie Osmond’s mother in “Maybe This Time” (1995). She won her fourth Emmy for her guest starring self-caricature on “The John Larroquette Show” (1996) and earned more Emmy nominations for guest roles on “Suddenly Susan” (1997) and “Yes, Dear” (2003). She played Alfred Molina’s mother in “Ladies Man” from 1991-2001 and recurred in “That 70’s Show” in 2002-2003. A 2007 TV Land Awards parody entitled “Ugly Betty White” led to a subsequent guest appearance as herself on the spoof’s target, “Ugly Betty,” with White going head-to-head over a taxi with Vanessa Williams’ Wilhelmina Slater. Other television guest appearances include “St. Elsewhere,” “The Ellen Show,” “Everwood,” “My Wife and Kids,” “Joey” and “Malcolm in the Middle.” She has voiced animated characters on “The Simpsons,” “King of the Hill,” “The Wild Thornberrys” “Father of the Pride” and “Family Guy” and in the feature “Whispers: An Elephant’s Tale.” White’s more recent films for television include “Annie’s Point” in 2005 for the Hallmark Channel, “Stealing Christmas” in 2003 for USA “The Retrievers” in 2001 for Animal Planet,
With “The Practice” in 2004, White once again turned one-shot casting into gold. Her guest turn as conniving blackmailer Catherine Piper led not only to another Emmy nomination but also to a recurring return for White as Catherine on the subsequent David E. Kelley series “Boston Legal” (2005–2008). In 1999, White had guest-starred for Kelley on “Ally McBeal,” earning an American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Guest Appearance in a Television Series, and starred in his horror-film send-up “Lake Placid.” Her 2009 guest performance as the Crazy Witch Lady on “My Name is Earl” earned White her eighteenth Emmy nomination.

White returned to the big screen in 2003 in the comedy “Bringing Down the House,” opposite Steve Martin and Queen Latifah and appeared in this year’s “Love N’ Dancing.”Earlier films include “Hard Rain” (1998) with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater; “Dennis the Menace Strikes Again,” (1998), playing Mrs. Wilson opposite Don Rickles; and Rob Reiner’s “The Story of Us.” (1999)
In December 2006, White joined the daytime drama “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Ann Douglas, long-lost mother of matriarch Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery). She has appeared 19 times since, most recently in October 2008. White narrated network telecasts of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade from 1954 to 1974 and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for 10 years.

Honors have been bestowed on White throughout her career. In 1976 she was awarded the Pacific Pioneers in Broadcasting Golden Ike Award and the GeniI Award from the American Women in Radio and TV. She was honored with the American Comedy Award for Funniest Female in 1987 and their Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. In 1995 she was inducted into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame. In 2006 she was profiled by the Paley Center for Media as part of their “She Made It” initiative honoring women creating television and radio. In August of 2009 she received a Career Achievement Award from the Television Critics Association. She was presented with a Disney Legends Award on September 10, 2009.
White’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame rests adjacent to that of her late husband Allen Ludden, who sadly succumbed to cancer in 1981.

White’s devotion to the health and welfare of animals has been a passion since childhood. She is president emeritus of the Morris Animal Foundation and has been a trustee since 1971. She first learned about the Foundation’s support of research studies to protect, treat and cure animals while creating, producing and hosting “The Pet Set,” the 1970-71 syndicated series featuring celebrities and their pets. She received the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Humane Award in 1987. A member of the board of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association since 1974, she served as a Zoo Commissioner for eight years. In February 2066 White was honored by the City of Los Angeles with a bronze plaque placed next to the Gorilla Exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo naming her “Ambassador to the Animals” for her life-long work for animal welfare. In 2007 Western University Veterinary School awarded her an honorary “Doctor of Humane Veterinary Sciences.”
Three of her five books directly connect to this passion: “Betty White’s Pet Love: How Pets Take Care of Us” (1983) and two co-authored with Tom Sullivan: “The Leading Lady: Dinah’s Story“ (1991) and “Together: A Story of Shared Vision” (2008). She published her first autobiography, “Betty White in Person,” in 1987, which was followed by “Here We Go Again: My Life in Television” in 1995. That life continues to unfold new chapters.

“The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and director. Kathy Connell is the producer. JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Scott Bakula, Shelley Fabares and Paul Napier are producers for SAG. Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Benn Fleishman is executive in charge of production. More information is available online at http://www.sagawards.org/.

About Screen Actors Guild:
Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents more than 120,000 actors who work in film and digital theatrical motion pictures, television programs, commercials, video games, music videos, industrials and all new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. More information is available online at http://www.sag.org/.

About TBS:

TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television’s top-rated comedy network. It serves as home to such original comedy series as “My Boys,” “The Bill Engvall Show,” Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns,” as well as the upcoming “Neighbors from Hell”; late-night series like the upcoming “Lopez Tonight,” starring George Lopez and “The Very Funny Show,” hosted by Tim Meadows; hot contemporary comedies like “The Office,” “My Name is Earl,” “Family Guy” and “Seinfeld”; specials like “Funniest Commercials of the Year”; special events, including star-studded comedy festivals in Chicago and Las Vegas; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.

About Turner Network Television:

Turner Network Television (TNT), one of cable’s top-rated networks, is television’s destination for drama and home to such original series as the acclaimed and highly popular detective drama “The Closer,” starring Kyra Sedgwick; “Saving Grace,” starring Holly Hunter; “Raising the Bar,” with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Jane Kaczmarek; “Leverage,” starring Timothy Hutton; “HawthoRNe,” with Jada Pinkett Smith; and “Dark Blue” starring Dylan McDermott. TNT also presents such powerful dramas, such as “Bones,” “Cold Case,” “Law & Order,” “Without a Trace,” “ER” and “Charmed”; broadcast premiere movies; compelling primetime specials, such as the “Screen Actors Guild Awards®”; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR and the NBA. TNT is available in high-definition.

About Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.:

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

Betty White photo is courtesy of Screen Actors Guild and SAG Awards.

WON AN EMMY AND NOW KEN HOWARD IS ELECTED AS SCREEN ACTORS GUILD PRESIDENT

Los Angeles, CA - Screen Actors Guild announced on September 24, 2009 the results of elections for its top two elected positions. Ken Howard will serve as Screen Actors Guild president and Amy Aquino will serve as secretary-treasurer. Both will serve two-year terms beginning September 25.

Ballots were mailed to 99,485 paid-up SAG members on August 25, and 27,295 were tabulated today, for a return of 27.44 percent. Presidential candidates Ken Howard received 12,895 votes, with Anne-Marie Johnson coming in second with 8,906 votes, Seymour Cassel got 4,838 votes, and Asmar Muhammad received 402 votes.

“I’d like to be among the first to extend my heartfelt congratulations to our newly elected Screen Actors Guild national leadership. I look forward to working closely with our new president, Ken Howard, and new secretary-treasurer, Amy Aquino, as we focus on the wide range of critical issues facing our members in the coming year,” said SAG Interim National Executive Director David White.

“I also extend my thanks, and the gratitude of SAG members and staff to Alan Rosenberg and Connie Stevens for their service and sacrifice on behalf of our union.”

“I am deeply honored to be chosen by the membership to lead the Screen Actors Guild,” said Ken Howard. “I campaigned on the promise that I’d do everything in my power to strengthen our position at the bargaining table by building a greater unity with AFTRA and the other entertainment unions, and that’s exactly what I intend to do. Despite the sharp differences that those of us active in Guild affairs sometimes have over strategy and tactics, we need to continually remind ourselves that we’re all on the same team, fighting for the same thing — and by pulling together, we’ll only grow stronger.”

“I am truly honored that the members have entrusted me with this responsibility,” said Amy Aquino. “Progress has already been made toward strengthening SAG’s finances and I want to make sure it continues. Only by fortifying SAG in this way can we hope to ensure the protections that performers need in these challenging times.”

Screen Actors Guild also announced election results for the National Board of Directors. Twenty-two of the 69 national board seats were open for election this year, representing Screen Actors Guild’s Hollywood, New York and Regional Branch divisions. “It is my privilege to welcome and congratulate our newly elected Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors for 2009-2010,” said White. “Along with our staff nationwide, I look forward to working with them to pursue a robust agenda as we navigate the Guild through these changing times.”

The National Board members elected today will assume office on September 25 for terms of three years. SAG’s Hollywood Division elected eleven National Board members; the New York Division elected four National Board members; and seven National Board members were elected from the union’s branches in Chicago, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Portland and San Diego. National Board members elected from the Hollywood Division: Martin Sheen, Ed Harris, Elliott Gould, Ed Asner, Anne-Marie Johnson, Connie Stevens, Diane Ladd, Dulé Hill, Hill Harper, Nancy Travis, and Marcia Wallace (all three-year terms).

The following were elected to serve as National Board alternates and to the Hollywood Division Board of Directors (all one-year terms). Gabrielle Carteris, Jenny O’Hara, Michael O’Keefe, Clyde Kusatsu, Dawnn Lewis, Doug Savant, Michelle Allsopp, Alan Rosenberg, D. W. Moffett, Joe Bologna, Robert Hays, Jason George, L. Scott Caldwell, Clark Gregg, Patrick Fabian, Bill Smitrovich, Ellen Crawford, Stacey Travis, Mandy Steckelberg, Renee Taylor, Bernie Casey and John Carroll Lynch. National Board members elected from the New York Division: Sharon Washington, Monica Trombetta, Sam Freed and Liz Zazzi (all three-year terms). Additionally, New York Division members elected Mike Hodge as NY Division President.

The following were elected to serve as national board alternates and to the New York Division board of directors (all one-year terms.) Manny Alfaro, Sheila Head, Marc Baron, Joe Narciso, Jay Potter, Dave Bachman, John Rothman, Kevin Scullin and Justin Barrett.National Board members elected from the Regional Branch Division: John Carter Brown (Chicago – three-year term), David Hartley-Margolin (Colorado – three-year term), Dave Corey (Florida – three-year term), Scott Rogers (Hawaii – three-year term), Helen McNutt (Philadelphia – three-year term), Mary McDonald-Lewis (Portland – three-year term), Don Ahles (San Diego – three-year term).

Ballots for all eligible SAG members in Hollywood and New York were mailed on August 25 with a September 24 return deadline and were tabulated today by the independent election company Integrity Voting Systems. A total of 13,718 ballots were tabulated in the Hollywood Division (representing 25.25 percent of ballots mailed in the Hollywood Division) and 5,997 ballots were tabulated in the New York Division (representing 26.11 percent of ballots mailed in the New York Division). The number of ballots returned in the Regional Branch elections varied by region.

About SAG

Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents over 120,000 actors who work in film and digital motion pictures and television programs, commercials, video games, industrials, Internet and all new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Headquartered in Los Angeles, you can visit SAG online at SAG.org.

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DIVERSITY NEWS, wants to congratulate Mr. Ken Howard for winning the award for Best Supporting actor in a miniseries or a movie for Grey Gardens at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards Sept. 20 in Los Angeles. And now for been elected as SCREEN ACTORS GUILD PRESIDENT. Also congratulations to AMY AQUINO for been ELECTED AS SECRETARY-TREASURER for SAG.

Ken Howard photo by Esteban "Steven" Escobar, Diversity News
(C) 2009 By Esteban Escobar and Diversity News Publications. All Rights Are Reserved.

The 61st Primetime Emmy® Awards Winners

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded on Sunday, September 20, 2009 the 2008-2009 Primetime Emmys for programs and individual achievements on the “61st Primetime Emmy Awards” originating on the CBS (Channel 2) Television Network from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The Academy’s Chairman & CEO John Shaffner participated in the awards ceremony. Don Mischer was Executive Producer of the telecast. Neil Patrick Harris hosted the "61st Primetime Emmy® Awards," Broadcast Live.

HERE IS THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE WINNERS:

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media StudiosLorne Michaels, Executive ProducerTina Fey, Executive ProducerMarci Klein, Executive ProducerDavid Miner, Executive ProducerRobert Carlock, Executive ProducerJohn Riggi, Co-Executive ProducerJack Burditt, Co-Executive ProducerRon Weiner, Co-Executive ProducerMatt Hubbard, Supervising ProducerJeff Richmond, Supervising ProducerDon Scardino, ProducerJerry Kupfer, Producer

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

The Office • Stress Relief • NBC • Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille LLC in association with Universal Media StudiosJeff Blitz, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

ER • And In The End • NBC • Constant c Productions, Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television.Rod Holcomb, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

Little Dorrit • Part 1 • PBS • A co-production of BBC Productions and WGBH BostonDearbhla Walsh, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

American Idol • Show 833 (The Final Three) • FOX • FremantleMedia N.A., Inc. & 19TV Ltd.Bruce Gowers, Director

Outstanding Drama Series

Mad Men • AMC • Lionsgate TelevisionMatthew Weiner, Executive ProducerScott Hornbacher, Co-Executive ProducerAndr‚ Jacquemetton, Supervising ProducerMaria Jacquemetton, Supervising ProducerLisa Albert, Supervising Producer

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

Survivor • CBS • SEG Jeff Probst, Host

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media StudiosAlec Baldwin, as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad • AMC • High Bridge, Gran Via Productions, Sony Pictures TelevisionBryan Cranston, as Walter White

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Into The Storm • HBO • Scott Free and Rainmark Films production in association with the BBC and HBO FilmsBrendan Gleeson, as Winston Churchill

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

United States Of Tara • Showtime • Showtime presents in association with Dreamworks TelevisionToni Collette, as Tara Gregson

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Damages • FX Networks • FX Productions and Sony Pictures TelevisionGlenn Close, as Patty Hewes

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Grey Gardens • HBO • Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO FilmsJessica Lange, as Big Edie

Outstanding Made For Television Movie

Grey Gardens • HBO • Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO FilmsLucy Barzun Donnelly, Executive ProducerRachael Horovitz, Executive ProducerMichael Sucsy, Executive ProducerDavid Coatsworth, Produced by

Outstanding Miniseries

Little Dorrit • PBS • A co-production of BBC Productions and WGBH BostonAnne Pivcevic, Executive ProducerRebecca Eaton, Executive ProducerLisa Osborne, Producer

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics

81st Annual Academy Awards • Song Title: Hugh Jackman Opening Number • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesWilliam Ross, Original MusicJohn Kimbrough, Original MusicDan Harmon, Original LyricsRob Schrab, Original LyricsBen Schwartz, Original Lyrics

Outstanding Reality - Competition Program

The Amazing Race • CBS • World Race Productions Inc.Bertram van Munster, Executive ProducerJerry Bruckheimer, Executive ProducerJonathan Littman, Executive ProducerHayma 'Screech' Washington, Executive ProducerElise Doganieri, Co-Executive ProducerAmy Nabseth Chacon, Co-Executive ProducerMark Vertullo, Co-Executive ProducerMatt Schmidt, Supervising ProducerJarratt Carson, Supervising ProducerEvan Weinstein, Supervising ProducerGiselle Parets, Senior ProducerMichael Norton, Senior ProducerPatrick Cariaga, Senior ProducerPhil Keoghan, Producer

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Two And A Half Men • CBS • Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. TelevisionJon Cryer, as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Lost • ABC • Grass Skirt Productions and ABC StudiosMichael Emerson, as Ben Linus

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Grey Gardens • HBO • Specialty Films and Locomotive in association with HBO FilmsKen Howard, as Phelan Beale

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Pushing Daisies • ABC • Living Dead Guy Productions, The Jinks/Cohen Company in association with Warner Bros. TelevisionKristin Chenoweth, as Olive Snook

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

24 • FOX • Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television in association with Teakwood Lane ProductionsCherry Jones, as President Allison Taylor

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

House Of Saddam • HBO • HBO Films in association with BBCShohreh Aghdashloo, as Sajida

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLCJon Stewart, Host/Executive ProducerDavid Javerbaum, Executive ProducerRory Albanese, Executive ProducerJosh Lieb, Executive ProducerKahane Corn, Co-Executive ProducerJennifer Flanz, Supervising ProducerJim Margolis, Supervising ProducerSteve Bodow, Supervising ProducerAdam Lowitt, Supervising ProducerJill Katz, Producer

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

30 Rock • Reunion • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media StudiosMatt Hubbard, Writer

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Mad Men • Meditations In An Emergency • AMC • Lionsgate TelevisionKater Gordon, WriterMatthew Weiner, Writer

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Little Dorrit • PBS • A co-production of BBC Productions and WGBH BostonAndrew Davies, Writer

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLCSteve Bodow, Head WriterJon Stewart, WriterDavid Javerbaum, WriterJosh Lieb, WriterRory Albanese, WriterKevin Bleyer, WriterJason Ross, WriterTim Carvell, WriterJohn Oliver, WriterSam Means, WriterRob Kutner, WriterJ.R. Havlan, WriterRich Blomquist, WriterWyatt Cenac, WriterElliott Kalan, WriterRachel Axler, Writer

In addition to Emmys in 28 categories announced on September 20, 2009, Emmys in 75 other categories and areas for programs and individual achievements were presented at the Creative Arts Awards held on September 12, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre. The awards were tabulated bythe independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.

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