2013

New York, NY (December 18, 2013) –  The Creative Coalition announces today that actor Emile Hirsch and producer Randall Emmett will receive The Creative Coalition’s 2014 Spotlight Initiative Award.  Hirsch and Emmett join actress Cheryl Hines, actor/director Rose McGowan, and … More

The Creative Coalition Gala to Honor Cheryl Hines, Rose McGowan, director David Wain and Others TBA New York, NY (December 17, 2013) – Today, The Creative Coalition announces honorees headlining the 2014 Spotlight Initiative Awards Gala Dinner to be held during … More

Newly Released Federal Data Show Arts Account for 3.2% of Gross Domestic Product Washington, DC (December 6, 2013):  For the first time ever, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the federal agency charged with calculating our gross domestic product, … More

MEDIA ALERT Los Angeles Premiere of BRIDEGROOM WHO: Producer/subject Shane Bitney Crone and writer/director Linda Bloodworth Thomason. Additional celebrity guests include: Cuba Gooding Jr. (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), Evangeline Lilly (Lost), Adam Shankman (Hairspray) Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal), Chad Allen (Save Me), … More

New York, NY (September 20, 2013)—Today, The Creative Coalition selected the award-winning and critically-acclaimed feature, THE DIRTIES, for the organization’s prestigious 2013 Spotlight Initiative Film Slate.  The movie is directed by Matt Johnson, who stars in the film alongside Owen … More

Honorees Include Hill Harper and Open Road Film’s CEO Tom Ortenberg Hosted by Alfre Woodard  September 9, 2013–Toronto, Ontario– Tonight, acclaimed actress Alfre Woodard hosts The Creative Coalition’s annual Spotlight Initiative Awards Gala. Actor Hill Harper (1982, “Covert Affairs,” For Colored … More

Honorees Include Hill Harper and Open Road Film’s CEO Tom Ortenberg Hosted by Alfre Woodard   September 3, 2013–Toronto, Ontario– The Creative Coalition is pleased to announce that Hill Harper (1982, “Covert Affairs,” For Colored Girls, “CSI: NY”) and Tom Ortenberg, CEO … More

For Immediate Release New York, New York and Stamford, Conn. August 27, 2013 – The Creative Coalition and WWE, co-founders of the Be a STAR (Show Tolerance and Respect) anti-bullying initiative, announced today the first-ever Be a STAR grant program that … More

*** MEDIA ALERT *** Anti-Bullying Rallies to be held in Los Angeles area This THURSDAY, August 15 Co-hosted by WWE and The Creative Coalition in conjunction with Congresswoman Linda Sanchez *10:00 a.m. – MONTEBELLO PARK, CATHY HENSEL YOUTH CENTER* *1:30 … More

Short Term 12 SELECTED FOR THE 2013 CREATIVE COALITION SPOTLIGHT INITIATIVE SLATE New York, NY (August 2, 2013):  Today, The Creative Coalition selected the critically acclaimed Short Term 12 for the organization’s prestigious 2013 Spotlight Initiative Film Slate.  Short Term 12, … More