New York, NY (September 1, 2010)
– The Creative Coalition announced today the
addition of director George Hickenlooper’s Casino
Jack to its Spotlight Initiative. Casino Jack,
starring Kevin Spacey, will make its world premiere
at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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Los Angeles, CA (August 27, 2010)
- Today, The Creative Coalition continues
to shoot a groundbreaking PSA campaign that brings
together talent from episodic television, reality
programming, film and music to emphasize the
importance of helping children make educated choices
in media viewing.
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Los Angeles, CA (August 24, 2010)
- The Creative Coalition begins shooting a
public service announcement (PSA) aimed
at underscoring the importance of helping children
make educated choices in media viewing.
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Washington, DC (August 2, 2010)
- The Hill newspaper will add The Creative
Coalition CEO Robin Bronk to its ranks of top
political commentators this week. Starting
Wednesday, August 4, Bronk will pen a weekly piece
titled “My 5 Minutes with the President,” in which
she asks leading members of the entertainment
community, “If you had five minutes in the Oval
Office with President Obama, what would you discuss
with him?”
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Washington, DC (July 23, 2010)
- Yesterday, The U.S. House of Representatives'
Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment
and Related Agencies approved legislation providing
a modest increase in funding for the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
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Los Angeles, CA (July 22, 2010)
- Today, in recognition of work as one of the
nation's premiere arts advocacy organizations, The
Creative Coalition will receive a Mayoral
Commendation from the City of Los Angeles. The
ceremony takes place this evening at 7:00 pm at the
Rotett Studios (555 South Flower St. Los Angeles,
CA).
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Los Angeles, CA (June 28, 2010) --
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria
Shriver joined the California Arts Council , The
Creative Coalition and artists from across the state
to launch the “Million Plates Campaign for the
Arts,” a campaign dedicated to raising money to fund
the California Arts Council’s hundreds of programs
across the state.
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Los Angeles, CA (June 28, 2010) -
Today, First Lady Maria Shriver will join the
California Arts Council, The Creative Coalition,
prominent individuals from the entertainment
industry, and arts advocates to launch the Million
Plates Campaign for the Arts.
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New York, NY (June 24, 2010)
– Actress Gloria Reuben and Newsweek's
Howard Fineman host The Creative Coalition's
Spotlight Initiative sneak preview of director David
Van Taylor’s acclaimed documentary, Advise &
Dissent. The event will be held on Thursday evening,
June 24th, at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU
School of Law. A dialogue event moderated by Mr.
Fineman on the film and Elena Kagan’s confirmation
process will follow.
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Los Angeles, CA (June 23, 2010)
- The Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative,
Tribeca Film and American Express host the premiere
of The Infidel.more
Washington, D.C. (May 24, 2010)
-- Tonight, actors America Ferrera and
Wilmer Valderrama along with fellow cast members
will host a special Creative Coalition evening
featuring a preview screening of their movie, The
Dry Land, for Capitol Hill and Administration
leaders. With this important event, The
Creative Coalition hopes to raise awareness of and
spur a broader dialogue around the issues
confronting America's returning soldiers and their
families.
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Washington D.C. (May 19, 2010) -
The Creative Coalition presents a special
Washington, DC screening of the Spotlight Initiative
film The Dry Land.
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New York, NY (May 11, 2010)
– The Creative Coalition announced today
that under their Spotlight Initiative, the
organization will be hosting a series of events for
The Dry Land, starring America Ferrera, Wilmer
Valderrama, Ryan O’Nan, Jason Ritter and Melissa
Leo.
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Washington D.C. (May 11, 2010)
– The White House will dispatch
Cabinet Secretaries Arne Duncan and Steven Chu, NASA
Administrator Charles Bolden, Chief Technology
Officer Aneesh Chopra as well as a half-dozen other
officials to schools throughout Washington
D.C. to participate in National Lab Day activities
over three days this week. Talent from The
Creative Coalition will also participate alongside
experts, students and teachers at schools in the
city.
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New York, NY (May 5, 2010)
– Today, New York City Public Schools Chancellor
Joel Klein; the Obama Administration’s Deputy Chief
Technology Officer Beth Noveck; The Creative
Coalition Co-President and actor Tim Daly (“Private
Practice”); actress Andrea Bowen (“Desperate
Housewives”); and National Lab Day Chairman Jack
Hidary joined at East Side Community High School in
New York to showcase one of the thousands of
classroom projects underway in schools across
America as part of National Lab Day (NLD).
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New York, NY (May 4, 2010)
– New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein and
Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Obama
Administration Beth Noveck with actor Tim Daly,
Co-President of The Creative Coalition, and actress
Andrea Bowen will join National Lab Day (NLD) to
lead hands-on exercises at East Side Community High
School on Wednesday, May 5th, at 11:00am.
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New York, NY (May 4, 2010)
– The Creative Coalition is proud to announce a new
partnership with The Learning Annex, to showcase
2010 Spotlight Initiative film selections. Each
Spotlight Initiative event with The Learning Annex
will include a Q & A session with the film’s
principals. The Spotlight Initiative screening
series will kick off this Monday evening, May 10th
at the AMC Kips Theatre and will feature Barry
Levinson’s documentary, Poliwood.
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Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2010)
– Today members of The Creative Coalition
partnered with National Lab Day (NLD) for a
Congressional luncheon to bring attention to the
need for student-learning through discovery and
exploration, particularly in the science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
education. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office
sponsored the event which was held at the Capitol
Visitor’s Center.
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Washington DC (April 29, 2010) –
A delegation of leaders from the entertainment
industry arrive today in our nation’s capitol to
participate in events hosted by The Creative
Coalition.
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New York, NY (April 26, 2010)
- The Creative Coalition, one of the
leading arts advocacy organizations in the
entertainment industry, has announced that its
Executive Director (since 1998), Robin Bronk, will
now serve as its Chief Executive Officer.
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Washington D.C. (April 22, 2010)
– Members of Congress and others will join
The Creative Coalition for Art & Soul: A Celebration
of the American Spirit. The evening
will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at the
Library of Congress.
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New York, NY (April 20, 2010) –
The Creative Coalition is proud to announce that
HBO’s Teenage Paparazzo directed by Adrian Grenier
has been selected to be included in their 2010
Spotlight Initiative slate.
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Washington D.C. (April 6, 2010)
– The Creative Coalition announces the line-up of
arts activists who will be headlining the
upcoming gala event In Washington, DC - Art & Soul:
A
Celebration of the American Spirit. The event will
take place Thursday evening, April 29, 2010.
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Los Angeles, CA (April 1, 2010)
- When the White House calls, The Creative Coalition
gets out the baking soda, vinegar and surgical
gloves! more
New York, NY (March 29, 2010) - The
Creative Coalition, in conjunction with National Lab
Day, will host fifty of the most influential members
of the entertainment community for a special
kick-off dinner of their new nationwide initiative.
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Los Angeles, CA (March 25, 2010) -
The Creative Coalition, Paladin and NEM host the Los
Angeles premiere of The Greatest.
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New York, NY (March 17, 2010)
– Indie film distributor Paladin has been
offered a slot in The Creative Coalition's Spotlight
Initiative. Paladin’s upcoming release, The
Greatest, starring Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon,
and Academy Award-nominee Carey Mulligan, will be
the first of its films to debut as a Spotlight
Initiative selection.
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Los Angeles, CA (March 2, 2010) -
Beginning Thursday, members of The Creative
Coalition will break out tap shoes, guitars and
kazoos to sing their versions of the A-B-C's, as
part of a PSA campaign to promote arts in education.
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Los Angeles, CA (March 1, 2010) –
TheWrap.com, the fastest growing news
organization covering the business of entertainment
and media, and
The Creative Coalition, the premier nonprofit,
nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization
of the entertainment industry, are pleased to
announce the 2010 Spotlight Initiative Screening
Series.
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New York, NY (February 23, 2010) –
The Creative Coalition’s Spotlight Initiative
announced today that it is teaming up with
Oscilloscope Laboratories to support the release of
Bradley Rust Gray’s The Exploding Girl starring Zoe
Kazan.
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New York, NY (February 12, 2010) –
The Creative Coalition proudly announces the
expansion of its Spotlight Initiative to include
Samuel Goldwyn Films. The Creative Coalition’s
Spotlight Initiative is an integrated partnership
that supports independent films which are
influential to the national and global agendas.
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New York, NY (February 2, 2010):
Today, The Creative Coalition expressed its
disappointment with President Obama’s proposed cuts
to federal funding for the arts and humanities. The
Administration’s newly released budget blueprint for
Fiscal Year 2011 calls for $6.2 million in cuts to
each the National Endowment for the Arts and the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Park City, UT (January 26, 2010):
The Creative Coalition today announced that Barry
Levinson, Academy Award-winning director of Wag the
Dog and Rain Man, will explore America’s burgeoning
obesity crisis in a new documentary. The film is
part of The Spotlight Initiative, a series of
independent films with messages that make a positive
difference in the world.
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Park City, UT (January 20, 2010):Actors and Co-Presidents of The Creative
Coalition, Tim Daly and Dana Delany along with actor
Wilmer Valderrama, will be reunited with the
teachers who made a difference in their lives at
the Teachers Making a Difference Awards Luncheon in
ParkCity
to be held during the Film Festival.
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Park City, UT (January 20, 2010):The Creative Coalition announced
today this year's Spotlight Initiative
Awards honorees. This year's honorees embody the
tenets of The Creative Coalition's Spotlight
Initiative which supports independent films that
leverage the platform of the silver screen to bring
attention to the most important national and global
issues. more
Park City, UT (January 20, 2010) -The Creative Coalition and Pulitzer
Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith continue to
capture the artistic souls of Hollywood for The
Creative Coalition's book, Art & Soul.
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Park City, UT (January 7, 2010) -
2010 Park City Tip Sheet. All events are
Invitation-only.
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