TheWrap.com’s 4th Annual Pre-Oscar Party

TheWrap.com’s 4th Annual Pre-Oscar Party, a set on Flickr.

Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Linda Antwi, were invited to cover TheWrap.com’s 4th Annual Pre-Oscar party hosted by CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Sharon Waxman. This year’s welcoming party for the 2013 Oscar nominees and Hollywood notables was held at Four Seasons Hotel in the exclusive Culina Restaurant.

Watch our Video Interviews from TheWrap.com’s Party

We spoke with Benh Zeitlin, Director, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”, Brian Buckley & Mino Jarjoura, Nominated, Best Live Action Short “Asad”, Cassidy Gard, Chris Tucker, Silver Linings Playbook, Clifton Collins Jr, Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim”, Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly, “Safety Not Guaranteed”, Dennis Christopher, Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”, Dennis Haysbert, Frank Miller’s “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”, Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, J Ralph, Original Song, “Chasing Ice”, Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg, co-Directors- KonTiki, Joe Leterri, Visual Effects, “The Hobbit”, John Kahrs, Director, “Paperman”,Malik Bendjelloul, Documentary Feature, “Searching for Sugar Man”, Marie-Claude Poulin, Foreign Language, “War Witch”, Matthew & David O. Russell, Director, “Silver Linings Playbook”, Mychael Danna, Original Score, “Life of Pi”, Mynette Louie, Robert Forster, Antoine Fuqua’s “Olympus Has Fallen” , Ron Bartlett, Sound Mixing, “Life of Pi”, Sharon Waxman, Founder, TheWrap.com, Shaun Robinson, Wylie Stateman, Sound Editing, “Django Unchained” , and Yan England, Live Action Short, “Henry”.

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ABOUT THEWRAP.COM
The Wrap News Inc. is the leading digital news organization covering the business of entertainment and media. The Wrap News Inc. is comprised ofTheWrap.com, ItsontheGrid.com, ThePowerGrid and TheGrill. The Wrap News, Inc. is backed by Maveron and co-founded by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Dan Levitan.

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21st Annual Pan African Film Festival Red Carpet on Opening Night

21st Annual Pan African Film Festival, a set on Flickr.

Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Stephanie Garrett, were invited to come out and cover the 21st Annual Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) for the opening night at the Director’s Guild (DGA) in West Hollywood and the Los Angeles premiere of “Vipaka,” directed by Philippe Caland. This year, PAFF selected 154 films, representing 34 countries (23 documentaries, 13 short documentaries, 67 narrative features, and 51 narrative shorts).

Watch the 24 Video Interviews from the Red Carpet on YouTube

We interviewed Al Thompson, Ali Allie & Ruben Rey, Anne Marie Johnson, Antonique Smith, Antwone Fisher,Ramin Niami, Conroe Brooks, Dennis White, Elias Mael,Ella Joyce, JaNet DuBois, Jimmy-Jean Louis, Leon, Loretta Devine, Monica Calhoun,Pascal Atuma,Reatha Grey,Reggie Gaskins, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Dondre Whitfield, Tim Holmes, Trae Ireland, Vanessa Bell Calloway,  Vishnu J. Seeshai, and Wendell James.

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About PAFF
The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is gearing up to take movie goers on a cinematic journey with international film screenings from around the globe. The film festival is the nation’s largest and most prestigious Black film festival. Over the years, it has showcased films from all parts of the world, representing such countries as Angola, Austria, England, Bermuda, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya, Mexico, South African, Nigeria, and of course, the United States. Visit the PAFF website at www.paff.org. Follow the Festival at www.twitter.com/_PAFF

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Mingle Media TV CEO to Lead Panel at New Media Expo on Successful Video Creation for Vlogs and Web Series

MMTVN’s Founder and Executive Producer, Stephanie Piche, will be leading a panel of experts on the topic of how-to successfully create videos from planning content to producing and distributing at NMX, formerly Blog World & New Media Expo being held in Las Vegas.

Online media and interactive web television network, Mingle Media TV Network (MMTVN) announced today that CEO and Executive Producer, Stephanie Piche, will be moderating a panel on web video creation at the upcoming NMX (New Media Expo) held on January 6 – 8, 2013at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. NMX is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference and media event geared specifically for content creators including Bloggers, Podcasters, Web TV & Video series producers, and is dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of new media.

Stephanie Piche, MMTVN founder, is serial entrepreneur, marketing strategist and new media producer of Mingle Media TV Network, an online new media and digital web TV network company and has executive produced over 6,000 hours of live web TV while curating produced web series on their network. MMTVN shows and hosts have won and been nominated for Emmys, IAWTV Awards, Indie Intertube Awards, LAWebFest, New Media Film Festival and other Festival awards as well as receiving new media and industry recognition. Stephanie has over 20 years sales and marketing experience and has led over 38 successful new media, ecommerce and mobile technology product launches. She has received the Presidents Club award from IBM, Under the Radar Audience Choice Award, Mom’s Choice Award 2009, Listed in the Top 50 Tweeples on Twitter; founder/president of a NY National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) chapter, founder/president of the itSMF Portland chapter; and industry speaker: Digiday Video Upfronts, WITI, Silicon Valley Marketing Group, Int’l Newspaper conferences, Digital Hollywood Conference, LA WebFest, Social Media Club LA, New Media Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film and New Media Festival, Featured Pro on the Pro-Panel with the Web TV Workshop, Featured speaker at Web Series Network’s Summit as well as contributor to Media Post online and other industry related publications.

“It’s exciting to be part of this conference to help content creators and publishers migrate to video and new media,” said Stephanie Piche, CEO, Mingle Media TV. “Our panel of experts will provide the type of knowledge transfer that will help the audience shorten their learning curve and be successful in this new medium.”

Ms. Piche will be joining a group of renowned experts in their fields on this Web TV Creation Panel discussing what it takes to be successful and why you should make one. The panelists include award-winning Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies, Avi Glijansky, Writer, Director, Producer Highway 9 Pictures, and Ken Nicholas, Founder/CEO, MindOnMedia. You can register for the Ready, Set, Shoot — A Beginner’s Guide panel being held at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Monday, January 7 at http://nmxlive.com/2013-lv/registration/.

About Mingle Media TV Network (MMTVN)

MMTVN is an online media and interactive web TV network that executive produces, curates, and broadcasts 100 weekly web series shows along with entertainment industry event coverage. Our video coverage, web series and live broadcasts are promoted via Twitter, blog posts, Facebook and other popular social networks; in addition to airing live on the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android platforms and syndicated through Blip.TV and over 15 syndication sites including AOL Video, YouTube, Samsung, Vizio, MeeFeedia, Blinkx, Daily Motion, Boxee, Roku and as an iTunes podcast. MMTVN’s audience reach online is over 250,000 weekly views of their video coverage, web series and live broadcasts. MMTVN’s live web TV shows feature lifestyle subject matter experts and social media content providers from celebrities, authors to bloggers. MMTVN has expanded its curation of web series with a growing number of independently produced shows from science fiction to drama, action to teen soaps now playing on the network. MMTVN also covers Hollywood celebrity and charity events from the red carpet and behind the scenes. MMTVN has covered the Oscars on the Red Carpet along with IAWTV Awards, Golden Globes, IPTVFest, HollyShorts, LA Shorts Fest, AOF Fest, Daytime Emmys, Saturn Awards, Streamy Awards, People’s Choice, NAACP, SAG , plus numerous Web Series Premieres and A-list Celebrity Fundraisers. For more information, please visit http://www.minglemediatvnetwork.com.

About New Media Expo (NMX), formerly BlogWorld & New Media Expo

NMX is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference and media event geared specifically for content creators including Bloggers, Podcasters, Web TV & Video series producers, and is dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of new media. Thousands of leading content creators, representing more than 50 countries, come to network and learn about Content Creation, Distribution, Monetization and Social Media Marketing strategies, including step-by-step techniques and leading-edge tools from the most successful and influential new media pros. Additionally, NMX features a resource-packed trade show, the industry’s only comprehensive new media exhibition for finding solutions and making important new media technology, service and product purchase decisions. http://nmxlive.com

The Paley Center for Media Salute to Danny Kaye

The Paley Center for Media Salute to Danny Kaye, a set on Flickr.

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Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Linda Antwi, were invited to cover The Paley Center for Media Salute to Danny Kaye. The event honored beloved American icon, humanitarian role model and legendary entertainer, featuring rare clips, and a panel of friends, his daughter, colleagues and admirers in conversation.

This event also highlighted Christmas at the Paley and the release of the Christmas with Danny Kaye DVD special collection of classic holiday-themed episodes from his Emmy-winning variety series, The Danny Kaye Show (CBS, 1963-67). This is also the launch of The Danny Kaye Centennial, a year-long celebration filled with activities and events highlighting Kaye’s unique talents that brought laughter and joy to multiple generations. For more info visit The Paley Center for Media at www.paleycenter.org

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The Paley Center and Warner Home Video Present Premiere of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

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Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Cricket Lee, were invited to cover the Paley Center for Media and Warner Home Video’s world premiere of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Frank Miller’s landmark graphic novel about fear, hope, and redemption is celebrated with proper measures of haunting visuals and intense action in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, the next entry in the series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies.

Fanboy demi-god Peter Weller (RoboCop) leads a stellar voice cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Joining Weller behind the microphone is David Selby (The Social Network, Dark Shadows) as Commissioner Gordon, Ariel Winter (Modern Family) as Carrie/Robin, three-time DCU veteran Wade Williams (Prison Break) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, and Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap) as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper.

Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 will be distributed by Warner Home Video on September 25, 2012.

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John Carter Romances the Hero in All of Us

It’s been almost 100 years since Edgar Rice Burroughs created the character John Carter and the story “A Princess of Mars” which has lived through time as a truly transmedia tale from novels to comic books, artwork to animation, TV and now Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton and Walt Disney Pictures bring “John Carter” to life on the silver screen.

This story follows a former military captain, John Carter (played by Taylor Kitsch), who is sick of war, but then finds himself transported to a different world, set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter finds this new world on the brink of collapse, and during all of the chaos around him, he rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

Like the other movies that Stanton has been part of, Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E (winner of an Academy Award and Golden Globe), and “Finding Nemo” (Academy Award winner), they follow characters who are “out of their element” and face challenges both good and bad during their journey.

“John Carter” is an epic adventure, filled with action, romance and political intrigue with an impressive cast led by Taylor Kitsch (NBC’S “Friday Night Lights”, “X‐Men Origins: Wolverine”) in the title role, Lynn Collins (“50 First Dates,” “X‐Men Origins: Wolverine”) as the warrior princess Dejah Thoris and Oscar® nominee Willem Dafoe (“Spider‐Man,” “Shadow of the Vampire”) as Martian inhabitant Tars Tarkas.

Here are some interesting factoids about “John Carter”

• Famous for Tarzan: Edgar Rice Burroughs, born in Chicago and is well-known for writing and creating Tarzan—still one of the most successful and iconic fictional creations of all time.
• “John Carter” is based on Burroughs’ first novel, “A Princess of Mars.”
• Academy Award®–winning director/writer Andrew Stanton was one of the four screenwriters to receive an Oscar nomination in 1996 for his contribution to “Toy Story,” and went on to receive credit as a screenwriter on subsequent Pixar films “A Bug’s Life,” “Toy Story 2,” and “Monsters, Inc.”
• Production Designer Nathan Crowley was Oscar®- nominated for both “Dark Knight” and “The Prestige,” and Costume Designer Mayes Rubeo’s work is showcased in “Avatar” and “Apocalypto.”
• Pulitzer Prize winner, Michael Chabon, is a co-writer on the screenplay.
• Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino who has worked on Disney•Pixar films “Up” (Oscar® winner, Best Original Score; BAFTA winner, Best Music; Golden Globe® winner, Best Original Score for a Motion Picture; GRAMMY® Award winner, Best Score Soundtrack Album), “Ratatouille” (GRAMMY Award winner, Best Score Soundtrack Album; Annie Award winner, Best Music in an Animated Feature Production; Oscar nomination, Best Original Score) and “The Incredibles” (Annie Award winner, Best Music in an Animated Feature Production; GRAMMY nomination, Best Score Soundtrack Album).

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Release Date: March 9, 2012

Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, with Thomas Haden Church and Willem Dafoe
Director: Andrew Stanton
Producers: Jim Morris, Colin Wilson, Lindsey Collins
Screenplay by: Andrew Stanton & Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon (credit not final)
Based on the story: “A Princess of Mars” by: Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Saw a Tweet Today Wondering About Creating a Web Series… Or NOT?? Ask Mark Gantt About Being FEARLESS!

Okay, so I’m not going to get on a soapbox and preach but I think it’s pretty amazing that web series creators are making their “Passion Projects” as my friends from the WebTV Workshop say… and that in itself says a lot about where the entertainment industry is going, everyone now has access, PLUS you have unlimited opportunity to reach everyone who has a smart phone or Internet access, so what are you waiting for?

Okay – so you hear people say “Be Fearless” and maybe you think it’s a cliche’ but when you look at the example of how web series creator/actor Mark Gantt took what was in HIS HEAD and made it into a webseries that now has international distribution by Sony…. you want to know more about how it was done, right?? How it can help you be FEARLESS!

Well… let’s start with what happens when you don’t let the word “NO” or the phrase “you can’t do it” rule your world…and you follow your dreams…

It’s been lots of fun to actually have seen Mark’s passion project and of course purchase “The Bannen Way” … can’t be a true fan if you don’t support the cause!! We did talk to him on the Red Carpet before winning a Streamy Award for best actor (this should get you pumped – yes I know, this is backwards storytelling, but it’s my story!):

Now that you see you be a True Hollywood Story and can achieve your dreams… don’t you want to meet the man, the myth, the legend? Here’s Mark sharing a tip after a recent Web TV Workshop Pro-Panel: WebTV Workshop tip.

Wait a minute… you’re not getting all pumped up and ready to be “Rocky” running up those steps in Philadelphia yet?? Well watch this clip and you’ll be that and cocky….Here’s the trailer for The Bannen Way:

Well, I hope I didn’t scare you off… Mark started off with a dream and didn’t settle. Now here’s the awesome part… Mark is holding a ONE day, open the kimono and share all in Los Angeles this Saturday. This is your opportunity to sit down with other web series creators – dreamers – and talk straight to Mark Gantt about how YOU can do it too. Here’s all the info about the workshop http://createyourowncareer.eventbrite.com/.

This special Saturday workshop covers finding YOUR voice to how the Bannen Way became the success it is — and he didn’t have a huge budget to start with. I can tell you we met Mark via Twitter and he has built a fan-base on Facebook and his pitch-site was amazing… but don’t let me be the spoiler… you should check the workshop out today… and if you have questions… and you should have a Twitter account anyways, ask him your questions about the workshop… You can find him here http://www.twitter.com/Mark_Gantt (tell him Stephanie sent you… oh, if you’re a casting director and want to have a successful project… cast Mark Gantt!)

This message was not paid for by Mark Gantt… but I did drink the Koolaid…. and soon you will drink it too!

More about Mark Gantt: Mark’s latest project that he co-wrote, produced and starred in called The Bannen Way (http://thebannenway.com) has been an incredible success. Financed by Sony’s Crackle distribution arm, this unique Web Series/Feature Film, has broken records with over 14 million views, won 4 Streamy Awards including Best Actor (Mark), Best Drama, Best Director and was nominated for 2 Webby Awards. Due to its vast success, Sony Pictures Television is currently developing the project into a TV series.

Be sure to check out the workshop information here…