Alliance Atlantis Communications Receives Five Golden Globe Nominations.Business Editors TORONTO & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999 (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AACB AACB Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists AACB Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. AACB Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board AACB Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board AACB Ann Arbor Concert Band (Ann Arbor, MI) ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. .A.) (TSE:AAC.B.) * ALLIANCE ATLANTIS Television Programs Receive Five Nominations From The Hollywood Foreign Press Association * JOAN OF ARC Receives Four Nominations-The Most Nominations Received For Any Miniseries or Motion Picture Made For Television * FORGET ME NEVER Receives One Nomination The ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS miniseries Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. , starring the Emmy-nominated Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut, Never Been Kissed Never Been Kissed is a 1999 comedy directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, John C. Reilly, Jessica Alba, Marley Shelton, James Franco, Giuseppe Andrews, Jeremy Jordan and Garry Marshall. ), received four Golden Globe nominations today. Citadel Entertainment, an ALLIANCE ATLANTIS Company, received one Golden Globe nomination for Forget Me Never, starring Mia Farrow farrow see farrowing. (Rosemary's Baby, The Great Gatsby, Hannah and Her Sisters). Joan of Arc (Executive Producers Peter Sussman and Ed Gernon of ALLIANCE ATLANTIS) gathered four nominations, including: Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television; and Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Leelee Sobieski) categories. The miniseries also received nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Jacqueline Bissett); and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Peter O'Toole). These four nominations are the highest number received for any miniseries or motion picture made for television. Forget Me Never received one nomination, in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television category (Mia Farrow). "All of us at ALLIANCE ATLANTIS are extremely proud of the Hollywood Foreign Press Golden Globe nominations that were announced today," said Peter Sussman, President, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS ENTERTAINMENT. "Everyone on our two productions worked very hard to maintain the high quality and exceptional standard that ALLIANCE ATLANTIS represents." The Golden Globe Awards were established in 1944 to honor outstanding achievement in television and motion pictures, and are administered by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Presentation of the 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January 23, 2000, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The live telecast will be broadcast on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Television at 8 p.m. ET. Joan of Arc collected 13 Primetime Emmy nominations this year, including Outstanding Miniseries; Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Leelee Sobieski); and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Jacqueline Bissett and Olympia Dukakis). Peter O'Toole was nominated and received the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Joan of Arc also received the prestigious Television Critics' Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries & Specials. ALLIANCE ATLANTIS COMMUNICATIONS INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . is a leading creator, producer, distributor and broadcaster of filmed entertainment with significant ownership interests in seven Canadian specialty television networks. The Company's principal business activities are conducted through three operating groups: Television, Motion Pictures and Broadcasting. Headquartered in Toronto, ALLIANCE ATLANTIS operates offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Vancouver, London, Sydney, and Shannon. The Company's common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. - trading symbols AAC.A, AAC.B and on NASDAQ - trading symbol AACB. The Company's website is www.allianceatlantis.com. |
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