The Creative Coalition Announces Call For Entries 2011 Spotlight Initiative Awards

Honors Art and Craft of Independent Film New York, NY (December 14, 2010):  The Creative Coalition is accepting submissions for The 2011 Spotlight Initiative Awards to be held on Monday evening, January 24th, during the upcoming film festival in Park City, Utah. The Spotlight Initiative Awards honor films, actors, and filmmakers featured in this year’s […] Read More

Margin Call Selected to Top 2011 Spotlight Initiative Slate

New York, NY (December 6, 2010) – The Creative Coalition announced today that Margin Call — featuring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, with Demi Moore, and Stanley Tucci — has been chosen to top their 2011 Spotlight Initiative Series slate. The Creative Coalition’s Spotlight Initiative was created in 2008 with […] Read More

Who’s Waiting for Superman? National Leaders vs. Kryptonite Plaguing America’s Public Schools

December 6, 2010 (New York, NY): Tomorrow evening, December 7th, actor — and public school teacher’s son — Alec Baldwin hosts a leadership forum that will tackle the wake caused by one of this year’s most talked about films, Waiting for Superman. The Creative Coalition brings together leaders from entertainment, policy, education and media to engage […] Read More

A Creative Coalition Spotlight Initiative Evening with Arianna Huffington: Politics, Business, Media Tuesday November 30, 2010, 7:00 pm

New York, NY (November 30, 2010) –  The Creative Coalition’s Spotlight Initiative Series at The Learning Annex presents an evening with Arianna Huffington. Robin Bronk, CEO of The Creative Coalition, will put Ms. Huffington in the hot seat to discuss the state of our nation’s political, business, and media landscapes, as well as Ms. Huffington’s […] Read More

“Watch What You Watch” on ABC

New York, NY (November 16, 2010) – Beginning next week, tune into WABC –TV (Channel 7 in New York City) to catch The Creative Coalition’s new PSA campaign, Watch What You Watch, directed by actor and Co-President of The Creative Coalition Tim Daly.  Watch What You Watch encourages children, parents and caregivers to pay attention to the […] Read More

DC Gets JACK’ed Up The Creative Coalition Spotlight Initiative Premiere of CASINO JACK

Washington, DC (November 3, 2010): Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey will be the distinguished guest at The Creative Coalition’s Spotlight Initiative premiere of Casino Jack starring Mr. Spacey in the title role and directed by the late George Hickenlooper.  Chris Matthews hosts the evening and will moderate a Q and A with Mr. Spacey following the screening. The premiere […] Read More

Make a Difference Please Copy, Click and Send

Please participate in the grassroots campaign to get The Creative Coalition’s Watch What You WatchPSA on your local network affiliate channels.  You can view Watch What You Watch here. Just copy the letter below and send it to the programming departments of your local affiliates:  for NBClocal affiliate listings please visit here; for ABC local affiliate listings please visit here; for CBS […] Read More

Entertainment, Policy and Community Leaders Address Impact of Media Images on Youth

Call for Media Literacy Reaches Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 6, 2010): Today, Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis and other leaders from the entertainment, policy, business and youth-serving communities joined forces to move media’s impact on youth to the top of the national agenda. The Healthy Media for Youth Summit, a partnership of Girl Scouts of the USA, […] Read More

Entertainment, Policy and Community Leaders to Address Impact of Media Images on Youth

Keynote by Geena Davis with Hosts The Creative Coalition Co-President Tim Daly, Alfre Woodard, Teri Polo, Steven Weber, and Rachael Leigh Cook WHAT: The Creative Coalition, Girl Scouts of the USA, National Association of Broadcasters, and National Cable and Telecommunications Association call together national leadership to address media literacy for youth WHO: Academy Award-winning actress Geena […] Read More

Watch What You Watch: The Creative Coalition Produces Media Literacy PSA as Call to Action

WASHINGTON, DC (September 30, 2010): Today, The Creative Coalition announced production of a new PSA campaign, Watch What You Watch. The campaign is designed to jumpstart a national media literacy initiative for youth and is spearheaded by the Girl Scouts of the USA with support from The Creative Coalition, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, and […] Read More