Bernie Brillstein, Wallis Nicita to Receive Honorary Awards From Casting Society of America at Its Oct. 4 Artios Awards.Entertainment Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001 The Casting Society of America (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ) will honor Bernie Brillstein, one of the entertainment industry's most respected packagers, producers and personal managers, with its Career Achievement Award at the 17th Annual Artios Award ceremony, which will be held Oct. 4, 6 p.m. at the Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. . Comedian Martin Short will make the presentation. At the same time, former casting director, now producer/director Wallis Nicita will receive CSA's Hoyt Bowers Bowers is a surname, and may refer to
Brillstein has developed such outstanding talents as John Belushi John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. , Dan Akroyd and Gilda Radner Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedienne and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live. . Along with Brillstein-Grey Entertainment Chairman Brad Grey, Brillstein guides the careers of some of the most stellar names in motion picture and television today including "Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL " producer Lorne Michaels and previous SNL SNL Saturday Night Live SNL Sandia National Laboratories SNL School for New Learning (Depaul University) SNL Springfield News-Leader (Missouri newspaper) SnL Sweet N Low SNL Standard Nomenclature List stars such as Adam Sandler, Dennis Miller Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, political commentator, television personality, and talk radio host. He rose to fame as a cast member of Saturday Night Live , Molly Shannon Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16 1964) is an Emmy-nominated American actress and writer. Biography Personal life Shannon was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio to an Irish American Catholic family. and David Spade David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. . He also guides the careers of such stars as Rob Lowe, Martin Short and Wayne Brady Wayne Alphonso[1] Brady (born June 2, 1972 in Orlando, Florida) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, singer and television personality, best known for his role on the ABC television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and for his daytime talk show, . Brillstein's past credits include executive producing "Alf," "Ghostbusters," "Ghostbusters II," "The Blues Brothers," "Dragnet Dragnet radio show in which justice is always served. [Radio: Buxton, 73] See : Crime Fighting ," "Spies Like Us," and "The Cable Guy," among others. Wallis Nicita taught creative writing for the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of inner city public school system, spending four years in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant as a writing teacher. When her special language-arts program was excised due to budget cuts, she segued into casting. She trained under the legendary Marion Dougherty and Juliet Taylor and went on to become one of Hollywood's most respected casting directors in her own right. Nicita was also Vice President of Talent for Warner Brothers' feature department for three years, before segueing into producing, which she's been doing for the past 11 years. Nicita's producing credits include "Mermaids," "Fires Within," "The Butcher's Wife," "Dream Lover," "Drop Zone," and "Six Days, Seven Nights." Additionally, CSA announced nominations for best casting in 15 categories. They include: FEATURE FILM - DRAMA "The Contender"; Mary Jo Slater "Finding Forrester"; Francine Maisler, Bernard Telsey "The Patriot"; April Webster, David Bloch, Fincannon & Assoc (Location) "Remember The Titans"; Ronna Kress "Traffic"; Debra Zane FEATURE FILM - COMEDY "A Knight's Tale"; Francine Maisler "Bring It On"; Joseph Middleton, Michelle Morris Gertz "The Family Man"; Matthew Barry, Nancy Green-Keyes "State and Main"; Avy Kaufman "What Women Want"; Deborah Aquila, Howard Feuer FEATURE FILM - INDEPENDENT "Bread and Roses"; Ronnie Yeskel, Richard Hicks "The Broken Hearts Club"; Joseph Middleton, Michelle Morris Gertz "Memento"; John Papsidera "The Opportunists"; Kathleen Chopin "What's Cooking?"; Cathy Henderson-Martin, Dori Zuckerman ANIMATED VOICE OVER - FEATURE "The Emperor's New Groove"; Ruth Lambert "Rugrats in Paris"; Barbara Wright "Trumpet of the Swan"; Katy Wallin ANIMATED VOICE OVER - TELEVISION "Gary and Mike"; Meg Liberman, Marc Hirschfeld, Donna Ekholdt, Meredith Layne "Hey Arnold"; Joey Paul "The Oblongs"; Mary V. Buck, Susan Edelman "Rugrats"; Barbara Wright "Sammy"; Bonnie Zane MOVIE OF THE WEEK "61"; Mali Finn "Amy and Isabelle"; Ilene Starger "Conspiracy"; Linda Lowy "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story"; Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich "When Billie Beat Bobby"; Molly Lopata MINI SERIES "American Tragedy"; Judith Holstra "Anne Frank"; Meg Liberman, Cami Patton "Further Tales of the City"; Richard Hicks "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows"; Mary V. Buck, Susan Edelman "Nuremberg"; Iris Grossman DRAMATIC EPISODIC "Law & Order"; Suzanne Ryan, Lynn Kressel (Executive) "NYPD Blue"; Junie Lowry Johnson, Scott Genkinger "Oz"; Alexa L. Fogel "The Practice"; Janet Gilmore, Megan McConnell "The West Wing"; John Levey, Kevin Scott, Barbara Miller (Executive) COMEDY EPISODIC "Ally McBeal"; Nikki Valko, Ken Miller "Frasier"; Jeff Greenberg "Friends"; Leslie Litt, Barbara Miller (Executive) "The Lot"; Deborah Barylski, Patricia McCorkle "Titus"; Sheila Guthrie "Will & Grace"; Tracy Lilienfield PILOT - DRAMA "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"; April Webster "The District"; Mark Saks "Queer as Folk"; Linda Lowy "Soul Food"; Monica Swann "That's Life"; Susan Edelman, Mary V. Buck PILOT - COMEDY "Ed"; Bonnie Zane "Grosse Point"; Greg Orson "Grounded For Life"; Meg Lieberman, Cami Patton "That's My Bush"; Cathy Henderson, Dori Zuckerman "What About Joan"; Mali Finn, Claire Simon, Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter, Howard Meltzer DAYTIME EPISODIC "All My Children"; Judy Blye Wilson "Days Of Our Lives"; Fran F. Bascom "General Hospital"; Mark Teschner "One Life To Live"; Julie Madison "Port Charles"; Mark Teschner THEATRE - DRAMA "Betrayal"; Jim Carnahan "Gore Vidal's The Best Man"; Howard Meltzer, Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter "The Invention of Love"; Daniel Swee "Proof"; Nancy Piccione "Ten Unknowns"; Daniel Swee THEATRE - COMEDY "Design For Living"; Jim Carnahan, Amy Christopher "The Dinner Party"; Jay Binder, Stanley Soble "The Man Who Came To Dinner"; Jim Carnahan "Spinning Into Butter"; Daniel Swee "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"; Nancy Piccione THEATRE - MUSICAL "The Full Monty"; Liz Woodman "Follies"; Jim Carhanan "Fosse"; Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter, Howard Meltzer "The Producers"; Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent Liff "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"; Bernard Telsey, Will Cantler For reservations and tribute book information please call: 323-463-1925. |
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